Structural Insights into Diversity and n-Alkane Biodegradation Mechanisms of Alkane Hydroxylases

Environmental microbes utilize four degradation pathways for the oxidation of n-alkanes. Although the enzymes degrading n-alkanes in different microbes may vary, enzymes functioning in the first step in the aerobic degradation of alkanes all belong to the alkane hydroxylases. Alkane hydroxylases are...

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Main Authors: Yurui eJi, Guannan eMao, Yingying eWang, Mark eBartlam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2013.00058/full