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Novel formaldehyde-activating enzyme in Methylobacterium extorquens AM1 required for growth on methanol.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Dec 2000
Vorholt J A, Marx C J, Lidstrom M E, Thauer R K
Abstract excerpt
Formaldehyde is toxic for all organisms from bacteria to humans due to its reactivity with biological macromolecules. Organisms that grow aerobically on single-carbon compounds such as methanol and methane face a special challenge in this regard because formaldehyde is a central metabolic intermediate during methylotrophic growth. In the alpha-proteobacterium Methylobacterium extorquens AM1, we found a previously...
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