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Identification of three alcohol dehydrogenase genes involved in the stereospecific catabolism of arylglycerol-beta-aryl ether by Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Aug 2009
Sato Yusuke, Moriuchi Hideki, Hishiyama Shojiro, Otsuka Yuichiro, Oshima Kenji, Kasai Daisuke, Nakamura Masaya, Ohara Seiji, Katayama Yoshihiro, Fukuda Masao, Masai Eiji
Abstract excerpt
Degradation of arylglycerol-beta-aryl ether is the most important process in bacterial lignin catabolism. Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6 degrades guaiacylglycerol-beta-guaiacyl ether (GGE) to alpha-(2-methoxyphenoxy)-beta-hydroxypropiovanillone (MPHPV), and then the ether linkage of MPHPV is cleaved to generate alpha-glutathionyl-beta-hydroxypropiovanillone (GS-HPV) and guaiacol. We have characterized three...
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