| Literature DB >> 14574114 |
Theo H M Smits1, Bernard Witholt, Jan B van Beilen.
Abstract
Most clinical isolates identified as Pseudomonas aeruginosa grow on long-chain n-alkanes, while environmental P. aeruginosa isolates often grow on medium- as well as long-chain n-alkanes. Heterologous expression showed that the two alkane hydroxylase homologs of P. aeruginosa PAO1 (AlkB1 and AlkB2) oxidize C(12)-C(16)n-alkanes, while two rubredoxin (RubA1 and RubA2) and a rubredoxin reductase (RubB) homologs can replace their P. putida GPo1 counterparts in n-octane oxidation. The two long-chain alkane hydroxylase genes are present in all environmental and clinical isolates of P. aeruginosa strains tested in this study.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 14574114 DOI: 10.1023/a:1026000622765
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek ISSN: 0003-6072 Impact factor: 2.271