title: Oxidative degradation of 4-hydroxyacetophenone in Arthrobacter sp. TGJ4.
abstract: The 4-hydroxyacetophenone assimilating bacterium Arthrobacter sp. TGJ4 was isolated from a soil sample. The resting cell reaction suggested that the strain cleaved 4-hydroxyacetophenone and its 3-methoxy derivative to the corresponding carboxylic acids and formaldehyde. Some properties of the enzyme catalyzing the cleavage reaction were examined.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomolecular Science, Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshiki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanihata
authors.forename: Manami
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mitsukura
authors.forename: Kiyofumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maruyama
mesh_terms: D000098:Acetophenones / Q000378:metabolism*; D001173:Arthrobacter / Q000378:metabolism*; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D002264:Carboxylic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D005557:Formaldehyde / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000378:metabolism*; D014641:Vanillic Acid / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000098:Acetophenones; D002264:Carboxylic Acids; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D005557:Formaldehyde; C056165:acetovanillone; C031335:4-hydroxyacetophenone; D014641:Vanillic Acid