MOLECULAR-CLONING AND MAPPING OF PHENOL DEGRADATION GENES FROM BACILLUS-STEAROTHERMOPHILUS FDTP-3 AND THEIR EXPRESSION IN ESCHERICHIA-COLI

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作者
DONG, FM [1 ]
WANG, LL [1 ]
WANG, CM [1 ]
CHENG, JP [1 ]
HE, ZQ [1 ]
SHENG, ZJ [1 ]
SHEN, RQ [1 ]
机构
[1] FUDAN UNIV,INST GENET,SHANGHAI 200433,PEOPLES R CHINA
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10.1128/AEM.58.8.2531-2535.1992
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Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Two genes of the meta pathway of phenol degradation were cloned from a phenol-utilizing strain of Bacillus stearothermophilus and were mapped by subcloning and by use of a Tn5 insertion mutation. They code for phenol hydroxylase and catechol 2,3-dioxygenase, respectively. The gene encoding catechol 2,3-dioxygenase, which is more thermostable than catechol 2,3-dioxygenase encoded by the other gene, shares rather limited homology with that from Pseudomonas putida.
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页码:2531 / 2535
页数:5
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