title: Proposed oxidative metabolic pathway for polypropylene glycol in Sphingobium sp. strain PW-1.
abstract: Polypropylene glycol (PPG)-assimilating Sphingobium sp. strain PW-1 was grown on 0.5% PPG 700. PPG and its metabolites were analyzed by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. An oxidized form of a terminal alcohol group appeared with each molecular species as a metabolite. Cell-free extract showed PPG dehydrogenase activity. In this way, the oxidative metabolic pathway for PPG was confirmed.
authors.affiliation: College of Plant Protection, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, P R China.
authors.forename: Xiaoping
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Akio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tani
authors.forename: Kazuhide
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kimbara
authors.forename: Fusako
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kawai
mesh_terms: D049109:Cell Proliferation; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism; D011108:Polymers / Q000378:metabolism*; D011409:Propylene Glycols / Q000378:metabolism*; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization; D042301:Sphingomonadaceae / Q000145:classification / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers; D011409:Propylene Glycols; C012504:polypropylene glycol; D010088:Oxidoreductases