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Enzymatic Synthesis of Poly-β-Hydroxybutyric Acid in Bacteria

MERRICK, J. M., DOUDOROFF, M.·1961·Nature

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  • PHB granules isolated from microbial cell extracts could be hydrolyzed to β-hydroxybutyric acid while the polymer was incubated with part of the cell extracts it had been purified from.

    “Merrick, Doudoroff et al. noticed that polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB)”

    From Catalysis as an Enabling Science for Sustainable Polymers (2018) · cites this paper as [468]

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Authors
MERRICK, J. M., & DOUDOROFF, M.
Affiliations
University of California, Berkeley (US)
Venue
Nature
Published
1961-03
Volume
189
Issue
4768
Pages
890-892
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W2032633668
Cited by
100
References
6
Citations by year
2025: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2014: 1
FWCI
7.72
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Nature (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Biopolymer Synthesis and Applications
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
Keywords
polyhydroxybutyrate, enzymatic synthesis, bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoates, polyhydroxybutyrate biosynthesis, polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase, bacterial metabolism
MeSH terms
Polyhydroxybutyrates, Bacteria, Butyrates, Enzymes, Hydroxybutyrates, Polyesters

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