Identity and mechanisms of alkane-oxidizing metalloenzymes from deep-sea hydrothermal vents
Six aerobic alkanotrophs (organism that can metabolize alkanes as their sole carbon source) isolated from deep-sea hydrothermal vents were characterized using the radical clock substrate norcarane to determine the metalloenzyme and reaction mechanism used to oxidize alkanes. The organisms studied w...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2013-05-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Microbiology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2013.00109/full |