Article
Cloning and analysis of the genes for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon degradation.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 2 May 1994
Zylstra G J, Wang X P, Kim E, Didolkar V A
Abstract excerpt
Bacterial degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons initially proceeds through monooxygenase or dioxygenase attack on the aromatic ring. The dihydroxylated compounds formed are substrates for ring cleavage and further catabolism to tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediates. A number of microbial strains, both gram positive and gram negative, have been isolated that have the metabolic capability to degrade...
Topics
- Alcohol Oxidoreductases
- Biodegradation, Environmental
- Cloning, Molecular
- Dioxygenases
- Genes, Bacterial
- Iron-Sulfur Proteins
- Mutation
- Oxidoreductases
- Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-CH Group Donors
- Oxygenases
- Polycyclic Compounds