Protein engineering boosts monooxygenase activity

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Abstract

A team of researchers at the University of Connecticut identified a number of novel monooxygenase enzymes that act on some aromatic compounds. The enzyme, a toluene 4-monoxygenase that oxidizes nitrobenzene to 4-nitrocatechol was identified from Pseudomonas mendocina KR1. Nitrocatechol-producing mutants were discovered by screening 550 colonies from a random mutagenesis library on agar plates containing nitrobenzene.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages1-2
Number of pages2
Volume26
No10
Specialist publicationIndustrial Bioprocessing
StatePublished - Oct 2004

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Biotechnology
  • Biochemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering
  • Organic Chemistry

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