[Oxidation of n-alkanes by Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain carrying the plasmid pBS251].
Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO8 cannot use n-alkanes or their respective alcohols as a sole carbon source. However, it can grow on n-alkanes when plasmid pBS251 is transferred into its cells. The hybrid plasmid pBS251 is a plasmid RP4 containing genes which control the capability to grow on n-alkanes of the C6-C12 series. Studies of n-alkane oxidation by P. aeruginosa PAO8 carrying pBS251 have shown that this plasmid controls the inducible alkane and alcohol oxidizing activities; the subsequent steps of n-alkane oxidation controlled by chromosomal genes are constitutive.
D000473:Alkanes / Q000378:metabolism*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010957:Plasmids; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
D000473:Alkanes
Okislenie n-alkanov shtammom Pseudomonas aeruginosa, nesushchim plazmidu pBS251.