| Title | DNA Sequence of the phnN Gene for Benzaldehyde Dehydrogenase form Pseudomonas sp. DJ77 and Its Substrate Preference |
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| Author | Seong-Jae Kim, Soonyoung Hwang, and Young-Chang Kim * |
| Address | School of Life Sciences, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 361-763, Korea |
| Bibliography | Journal of Microbiology, 37(4),224-228, 1999, |
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| Key Words | Benzaldehyde dehydrogenase, phnN, DJ77, DNA sequence, substrate preference |
| Abstract | Benzaldehyle dehydrogenase (BZDH), an enzyme involved in the degradation of toluene and xylenes, is encoded by the phnN gene of Pseudomonas sp. strain DJ77. We determined the nucleotide sequence of a DNA fragment of 1,803 base pairs which included the phnN gene. The fragment contained an open reading frame of 1,506 base pairs to accommodate th 55 kDa sized enzyme encoding BZDH. The enzyme efficiently oxidized benzaldehyde, salicylaldehyde, m-tolualdehyde and ps-tolualdehyde. |
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