New Oxidases Acting on Methyl-branched Polymers (Polyisoprene)

Applicant Professor Dr. Dieter Jendrossek

Subject Area Metabolism, Biochemistry and Genetics of Microorganisms

Term from 1997 to 2010

Project identifier Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 5387540

Final Report Year 2009

Final Report Abstract

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1997. Bacterial degradation of natural rubber: a privilege of actinomycetes? FEMS Microbiol Lett 150:179-88
Jendrossek, D., G. Tomasi, and R. M. Kroppenstedt
2000. Physiological and chemical investigations into microbial degradation of synthetic Poly(cis-1,4-isoprene). Appl Environ Microbiol 66:3680-5
Bode, H. B., A. Zeeck, K. Plückhahn, and D. Jendrossek
2001. Bacterial degradation of natural and synthetic rubber. Biomacromolecules 2:295-303
Bode, H. B., K. Kerkhoff, and D. Jendrossek
2003. Sequence analysis of a gene product synthesized by Xanthomonas sp. during growth on natural rubber latex. FEMS Microbiol Lett 224:61-5
Jendrossek, D., and S. Reinhardt
2004. Novel type of heme-dependent oxygenase catalyzes oxidative cleavage of rubber (poly-cis-1,4-isoprene). Appl Environ Microbiol 70:7388-95
Braaz, R., P. Fischer, and D. Jendrossek
2005. Heme-dependent rubber oxygenase RoxA of Xanthomonas sp. cleaves the carbon backbone of poly(cis-1,4-Isoprene) by a dioxygenase mechanism. Appl Environ Microbiol 71:2473-8
Braaz, R., W. Armbruster, and D. Jendrossek
2008. Crystallization of the extracellular rubber oxygenase RoxA from Xanthomonas sp. strain 35 Y. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Ctyst Commun 64:123-5
Hoffmann, M., R. Braaz, D. Jendrossek, and O. Einsle
Development of a homologous expression system for rubber oxygenase RoxA from Xanthomonas sp. FEMS Microbiol Lett
Hamsch, N., G. Schmitt, and D. Jendrossek