| Literature DB >> 15317800 |
Hiroshi Habe1, Jin-Sung Chung, Hiroyuki Kato, Yuko Ayabe, Kano Kasuga, Takako Yoshida, Hideaki Nojiri, Hisakazu Yamane, Toshio Omori.
Abstract
Genes involved in the degradation of fluorene to phthalate were characterized in the fluorene degrader Terrabacter sp. strain DBF63. The initial attack on both fluorene and 9-fluorenone was catalyzed by DbfA to yield 9-fluorenol and 1,1a-dihydroxy-1-hydro-9-fluorenone, respectively. The FlnB protein exhibited activities against both 9-fluorenol and 1,1a-dihydroxy-1-hydro-9-fluorenone to produce 9-fluorenone and 2'-carboxy-2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl, respectively. FlnD is a heteromeric protein encoded by flnD1 and ORF16, being a member of the class III two-subunit extradiol dioxygenase. FlnE was identified as a serine hydrolase for the meta-cleavage products that yield phthalate.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15317800 PMCID: PMC516849 DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.17.5938-5944.2004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490