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An Overview of the Electron-Transfer Proteins That Activate Alkane Monooxygenase (AlkB)
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 Alkane-oxidizing enzymes play an important role in the global carbon cycle. Alkane monooxygenase (AlkB) oxidizes most of the medium-chain length alkanes in the environment. The first AlkB identified was from P.
Rachel Narehood Austin
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The genome of the moderate halophile Amycolicicoccus subflavus DQS3-9A1(T) reveals four alkane hydroxylation systems and provides some clues on the genetic basis for its adaptation to a petroleum environment. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 The moderate halophile Amycolicicoccus subflavus DQS3-9A1(T) is the type strain of a novel species in the recently described novel genus Amycolicicoccus, which was isolated from oil mud precipitated from oil produced water.
Yong Nie +5 more
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Microorganisms, 2023 Rhodococcus sp. strain CH91 is capable of utilizing long-chain n-alkanes as the sole carbon source. Two new genes (alkB1 and alkB2) encoding AlkB-type alkane hydroxylase were predicted by its whole-genome sequence analysis.
Wei Xiang +3 more
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A novel alkane monooxygenase (alkB) clade revealed by massive genomic survey and its dissemination association with IS elements [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Background Alkanes are important components of fossil energy, such as crude oil. The alkane monooxygenase encoded by alkB gene performs the initial step of alkane degradation under aerobic conditions.
Shaojing Wang +4 more
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Synthetic Biology Approaches to Hydrocarbon Biosensors: A Review
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2022 Monooxygenases are a class of enzymes that facilitate the bacterial degradation of alkanes and alkenes. The regulatory components associated with monooxygenases are nature’s own hydrocarbon sensors, and once functionally characterised, these components ...
Claudia F. Moratti +3 more
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The Use of a Combination of alkB Primers to Better Characterize the Distribution of Alkane-Degrading Bacteria. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 The alkane monooxygenase AlkB, which is encoded by the alkB gene, is a key enzyme involved in bacterial alkane degradation. To study the alkB gene within bacterial communities, researchers need to be aware of the variations in alkB nucleotide sequences ...
Diogo Jurelevicius +4 more
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Structure and mechanism of the alkane-oxidizing enzyme AlkB
Nature Communications, 2023 Alkanes are the most energy-rich form of carbon and are widely dispersed in the environment. Their transformation by microbes represents a key step in the global carbon cycle.
Xue Guo +8 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 Efficient degradation of alkanes in crude oil by the isolated Aspergillus flavus MM1 alluded to the presence of highly active alkane-degrading enzymes in this fungus. A long-chain alkane-degrading, LadA-like enzyme family in A. flavus was identified, and
Madushika Perera +4 more
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mSystems, 2022 Polyethylene (PE) is one of the most abundant plastics in the ocean. The development of a biofilm on PE in the ocean has been reported, yet whether some of the biofilm-forming organisms can biodegrade this plastic in the environment remains unknown.
Maria Pinto +4 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018 The marine obligate hydrocarbonoclastic bacterium Thalassolituus oleivorans MIL-1 metabolizes a broad range of aliphatic hydrocarbons almost exclusively as carbon and energy sources.
Benjamin H. Gregson +5 more
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