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DddY, a periplasmic dimethylsulfoniopropionate lyase found in taxonomically diverse species of Proteobacteria.
The ISME journal - 1 Jul 2011
Curson Andrew R J, Sullivan Matthew J, Todd Jonathan D, Johnston Andrew W B
Abstract excerpt
The abundant compatible solute dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) is made by many marine algae. Different marine bacteria catabolise DMSP by various mechanisms, some of which liberate the environmentally important gas dimethyl sulfide (DMS). We describe an enzyme, DddY, which cleaves DMSP into DMS...
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