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Identification and characterization of a mycobacterial (2R,3R)-2,3-butanediol dehydrogenase.
Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry - 1 Jan 2011
Takeda Minoru, Muranushi Takahiro, Inagaki Sawako, Nakao Takuya, Motomatsu Shigekazu, Suzuki Ichiro, Koizumi Jun-ichi
Abstract excerpt
Bacterial strain B-009, capable of using racemic 1,2-propanediol (PD), was identified as a rapid-growing member of the genus Mycobacterium. The strain is phylogenetically related to M. gilvum, but has slightly different physiological characteristics. An NAD(+)-dependent enantioselective alcohol dehydrogenase, which acts on R-PD, was purified from the strain. The enzyme was a homodimer of a peptide coded by a...
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