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Propionate inactivation of butane monooxygenase activity in 'Pseudomonas butanovora': biochemical and physiological implications.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Nov 2007
Doughty D M, Halsey K H, Vieville C J, Sayavedra-Soto L A, Arp D J, Bottomley P J
Abstract excerpt
Butane monooxygenase (BMO) catalyses the oxidation of alkanes to alcohols in the alkane-utilizing bacterium 'Pseudomonas butanovora'. Incubation of alkane-grown 'P. butanovora' with butyrate or propionate led to irreversible time- and O2-dependent loss of BMO activity. In contrast, BMO activity was unaffected by incubation with lactate or acetate. Chloramphenicol inhibited the synthesis of new BMO, but did not...
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