Methanol assimilation in Methylobacterium extorquens AM1: demonstration of all enzymes and their regulation.

BACKGROUND: Methylobacterium extorquens AM1 is an aerobic facultative methylotrophic α-proteobacterium that can use reduced one-carbon compounds such as methanol, but also multi-carbon substrates like acetate (C₂) or succinate (C₄) as sole carbon and energy source. The organism has gained interest a...

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Main Authors: Hana Smejkalová, Tobias J Erb, Georg Fuchs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2948502?pdf=render