Abstract
Researchers at Texas A&M have created a variant of an oxygenase, 4-methyl-5-nitrocatechol monooxygenase (DntB) from a Burkholderia sp. bacterium, that can break down a broader range of compounds than the original enzyme. The team used error-prone polymerase chain reaction to create variant DntB M22L/L3801. The variant enzyme is 11 times more efficient than the wild type enzyme in degrading 4NP.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages | 7 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Volume | 28 |
| No | 7 |
| Specialist publication | Industrial Bioprocessing |
| State | Published - Jul 2006 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Biotechnology
- Biochemistry
- General Chemical Engineering
- Organic Chemistry