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Identification of a hypothetical protein from Podospora anserina as a nitroalkane oxidase.
Biochemistry - 22 Jun 2010
Tormos José R, Taylor Alexander B, Daubner S Colette, Hart P John, Fitzpatrick Paul F
Abstract excerpt
The flavoprotein nitroalkane oxidase (NAO) from Fusarium oxysporum catalyzes the oxidation of primary and secondary nitroalkanes to their respective aldehydes and ketones. Structurally, the enzyme is a member of the acyl-CoA dehydrogenase superfamily. To date no enzymes other than that from F. oxysporum have been annotated as NAOs. To identify additional potential NAOs, the available database was searched for...
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