Aromatic hydroxylation of indan by o-xylene-degrading rhodococcus sp. Strain DK17

Dockyu Kim, Choong Hwan Lee, Jung Nam Choi, Ki Young Choi, Gerben J. Zylstra, Eungbin Kim

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Abstract

The metabolically versatile Rhodococcus sp. strain DK17 utilizes indan as a growth substrate via the o-xylene pathway. Metabolite and reverse transcription-PCR analyses indicate that o-xylene dioxygenase hydroxylates indan at the 4,5 position of the aromatic moiety to form av-indan-4,5-dihydrodiol, which is dehydrogenated to 4,5-indandiol by a dehydrogenase. 4,5-Indandiol undergoes ring cleavage by a meta-cleavage dioxygenase.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)375-377
Number of pages3
JournalApplied and environmental microbiology
Volume76
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2010

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Biotechnology
  • Food Science
  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Ecology

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