title: Two acyl-CoA dehydrogenases of Acinetobacter sp. strain M-1 that uses very long-chain n-alkanes.
abstract: Two genes encoding acyl-CoA dehydrogenases, acdA and acdB, arranged in tandem, were found in the chromosomal DNA of Acinetobacter sp. strain M-1. AcdA was purified from the parental strain and AcdB was purified from an Escherichia coli strain expressing the cloned gene. The substrate specificities of the two enzymes suggest that AcdA is a medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase and that AcdB is a long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase. Characterization of n-alkane metabolism in Acinetobacter sp. strain M-1 has revealed parallel pathways as well as enzymes with overlapping specificities in a single pathway. The two acyl-CoA dehydrogenases described here provide another example of the physiological complexity underlying n-alkane utilization.
authors.affiliation: Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwake, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.
authors.forename: Akio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tani
authors.forename: Takeru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishige
authors.forename: Yasuyoshi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: Nobuo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kato