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Diversity of bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoic acids

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Steinbüchel, Alexander, Valentin, Henry E.·1995·FEMS Microbiology Letters

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An overview is provided on the diversity of biosynthetic polyhydroxyalkanoic acids, and all hitherto known constituents of these microbial storage compounds are listed.The occurrence of 91 different hydroxyalkanoic acids reflects the low substrate specificity of polyhydroxyalkanoic acid synthases which are the key enzymes of polyhydroxyalkanoic acid biosynthesis.In addition, the importance of bacterial anabolism and catabolism, which provide the coenzyme A thioesters of the respective hydroxyalkanoic acids as substrates to these PI%4 synthases, is emphasized.

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  1. Eggink, G., Huijberts, G.N.M., van der Wal, H. and de Waard, P. (1994) Formation of novel PH.& from long chain fatty acids. Lecture presented at the International Symposium on Bacterial PHA, Montreal, Canada.
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Authors
Steinbüchel, A., & Valentin, H. E.
Affiliations
University of Göttingen (DE)
Venue
FEMS Microbiology Letters
Published
1995-05
Volume
128
Issue
3
Pages
219-228
ISSN
  • 0378-1097 (ISSN-L)
  • 1574-6968
OpenAlex
W2020866548
Cited by
981
References
45
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FWCI
25.70
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
FEMS Microbiology Letters (publishedVersion)
Funders
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
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
polyhydroxyalkanoic acids, substrate specificity, bacterial catabolism, microbial polyesters

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