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A TonB-dependent receptor constitutes the outer membrane transport system for a lignin-derived aromatic compound

scientific article published on 22 November 2019

A bacterial aromatic aldehyde dehydrogenase critical for the efficient catabolism of syringaldehyde

scientific article published on 15 March 2017

A bacterial enzyme degrading the model lignin compound beta-etherase is a member of the glutathione-S-transferase superfamily.

scientific article

A monograph on the remediation of hazardous phthalates.

scientific article published on 06 May 2015

A tetrahydrofolate-dependent O-demethylase, LigM, is crucial for catabolism of vanillate and syringate in Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6.

scientific article published on March 2005

Achromobacter denitrificans SP1 efficiently utilizes 16 phthalate diesters and their downstream products through protocatechuate 3,4-cleavage pathway.

scientific article published on 8 September 2016

Advances in microbial lignin degradation and its applications

scientific article published on 11 December 2018

Application of microalgae hydrolysate as a fermentation medium for microbial production of 2-pyrone 4,6-dicarboxylic acid.

scientific article published on 29 January 2018

Author Correction: Iron acquisition system of Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6, a degrader of lignin-derived aromatic compounds

scientific article published on 02 October 2020

Bacterial catabolism of lignin-derived aromatics: New findings in a recent decade: Update on bacterial lignin catabolism

scientific article published on 20 October 2017

Bacterial catabolism of β-hydroxypropiovanillone and β-hydroxypropiosyringone produced in the reductive cleavage of arylglycerol-β-aryl ether in lignin.

scientific article

Beta-ketoadipic acid and muconolactone production from a lignin-related aromatic compound through the protocatechuate 3,4-metabolic pathway.

scientific article published on 23 December 2015

Biphenyl-inducible promoters in a polychlorinated biphenyl-degrading bacterium, Rhodococcus sp. RHA1.

scientific article

Characterization of FerC, a MarR-type transcriptional regulator, involved in transcriptional regulation of the ferulate catabolic operon in Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6.

scientific article published on 8 May 2012

Characterization of a transcriptional regulatory gene involved in dibenzofuran degradation by Nocardioides sp. strain DF412.

scientific article published on 7 March 2009

Characterization of ligV essential for catabolism of vanillin by Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6.

scientific article published on 7 October 2007

Characterization of nitrate and nitrite utilization system in Rhodococcus jostii RHA1.

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Characterization of the 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethylene (DDE) degradation system in Janibacter sp. TYM3221.

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Characterization of the 3-O-methylgallate dioxygenase gene and evidence of multiple 3-O-methylgallate catabolic pathways in Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6.

scientific article published on August 2004

Characterization of the 450-kb linear plasmid in a polychlorinated biphenyl degrader, Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1.

scientific article

Characterization of the 5-carboxyvanillate decarboxylase gene and its role in lignin-related biphenyl catabolism in Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6.

scientific article published on September 2002

Characterization of the C alpha-dehydrogenase gene involved in the cleavage of beta-aryl ether by Pseudomonas paucimobilis

scientific article published on October 1993

Characterization of the catabolic pathway for a phenylcoumaran-type lignin-derived biaryl in Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6.

scientific article published on 11 June 2014

Characterization of the protocatechuate 4,5-cleavage pathway operon in Comamonas sp. strain E6 and discovery of a novel pathway gene.

scientific article published on 15 October 2010

Characterization of the terephthalate degradation genes of Comamonas sp. strain E6.

scientific article published on March 2006

Characterization of the third glutathione S-transferase gene involved in enantioselective cleavage of the β-aryl ether by Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6.

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Characterization of transcriptional regulatory genes for biphenyl degradation in Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1.

scientific article published on April 2004

Characterization of two biphenyl dioxygenases for biphenyl/PCB degradation in A PCB degrader, Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1.

scientific article published on 7 April 2007

Crystal structure of 2-hydroxyl-6-oxo-6-phenylhexa-2,4-dienoic acid (HPDA) hydrolase (BphD enzyme) from the Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1 of the PCB degradation pathway

scientific article published in June 2001

Crystal structure of NADH-dependent ferredoxin reductase component in biphenyl dioxygenase

scientific article

Crystal structure of the terminal oxygenase component of biphenyl dioxygenase derived from Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1

scientific article published on 01 September 2004

Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of gallate dioxygenase DesB from Sphingobium sp. SYK-6.

scientific article published on 30 October 2009

Crystallization of the terminal oxygenase component of biphenyl dioxygenase derived from Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1.

scientific article published in August 2003

DdvK, a Novel Major Facilitator Superfamily Transporter Essential for 5,5'-Dehydrodivanillate Uptake by Sphingobium sp. Strain SYK-6

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

Degradation of 3-O-methylgallate in Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6 by pathways involving protocatechuate 4,5-dioxygenase.

scientific article published on 20 July 2007

Detection and localization of a new enzyme catalyzing the beta-aryl ether cleavage in the soil bacterium (Pseudomonas paucimobilis SYK-6)

scientific article published on 01 June 1989

Development of a strain for efficient degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls by patchwork assembly of degradation pathways

scientific article published on 01 April 2011

Discovery of pinoresinol reductase genes in sphingomonads

scientific article published on 13 October 2012

Diversity of 2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl dioxygenase genes in a strong PCB degrader, Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1.

scientific article published in January 2002

Draft Genome Sequence of Comamonas sp. Strain E6 (NBRC 107749), a Degrader of Phthalate Isomers through the Protocatechuate 4,5-Cleavage Pathway

scientific article published on 18 June 2015

Efficient production of 2-pyrone 4,6-dicarboxylic acid as a novel polymer-based material from protocatechuate by microbial function

scientific article published on 2 December 2005

Enzymatic properties of terephthalate 1,2-dioxygenase of Comamonas sp. strain E6.

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Erratum: Publisher Correction: A TonB-dependent receptor constitutes the outer membrane transport system for a lignin-derived aromatic compound

scientific article published on 17 December 2019

Expression and functional analyses of a putative phenylcoumaran benzylic ether reductase in Arabidopsis thaliana.

scientific article published on 25 November 2015

Expression in Escherichia coli of biphenyl 2,3-dioxygenase genes from a Gram-positive polychlorinated biphenyl degrader, Rhodococcus jostii RHA1.

scientific article published on 7 January 2011

Functional characterization of a catabolic plasmid from polychlorinated- biphenyl-degrading Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1

scientific article (publication date: November 2004)

Gene cluster and regulation system for 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethylene (DDE) degradation in Janibacter sp. TYM3221.

scientific article published on 13 February 2013

Genetic and biochemical characterization of 4-carboxy-2-hydroxymuconate-6-semialdehyde dehydrogenase and its role in the protocatechuate 4,5-cleavage pathway in Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6

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Genetic and biochemical investigations on bacterial catabolic pathways for lignin-derived aromatic compounds.

scientific article published on 7 January 2007

Glucose-mediated transcriptional repression of PCB/biphenyl catabolic genes in Rhodococcus jostii RHA1

scientific article published on 18 February 2011

Identification and characterization of uptake systems for glucose and fructose in Rhodococcus jostii RHA1.

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Identification of natural rubber degradation gene in Rhizobacter gummiphilus NS21.

scientific article published on 23 January 2017

Identification of the protocatechuate transporter gene in Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6 and effects of overexpression on production of a value-added metabolite

scientific article published on 19 April 2018

Introduction of chemically labile substructures into Arabidopsis lignin through the use of LigD, the Cα-dehydrogenase from Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6.

scientific article published on 8 January 2015

Iron acquisition system of Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6, a degrader of lignin-derived aromatic compounds

scientific article published on 22 July 2020

Isolation and characterization of Streptomyces, Actinoplanes, and Methylibium strains that are involved in degradation of natural rubber and synthetic poly(cis-1,4-isoprene)

scientific article published on 12 June 2011

Isolation and characterization of a bacterial strain that degrades cis-dichloroethenein the absence of aromatic inducers

scientific article published on 23 May 2016

Isolation of a novel platform bacterium for lignin valorization and its application in glucose-free cis,cis-muconate production

scientific article published on 27 May 2019

Isolation of dibenzofuran-degrading bacterium, Nocardioides sp. DF412, and characterization of its dibenzofuran degradation genes

scientific article published in June 2008

Membrane-associated glucose-methanol-choline oxidoreductase family enzymes PhcC and PhcD are essential for enantioselective catabolism of dehydrodiconiferyl alcohol

scientific article published on 11 September 2015

Methanogenic degradation of lignin-derived monoaromatic compounds by microbial enrichments from rice paddy field soil

scientific article published on 24 September 2015

Methoxyl groups of lignin are essential carbon donors in C1 metabolism of Sphingobium sp. SYK-6.

scientific article published in September 2009

Microbial conversion of glucose to a novel chemical building block, 2-pyrone-4,6-dicarboxylic acid

scientific article published on 10 March 2009

Molecular mechanism of strict substrate specificity of an extradiol dioxygenase, DesB, derived from Sphingobium sp. SYK-6

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Multiple-subunit genes of the aromatic-ring-hydroxylating dioxygenase play an active role in biphenyl and polychlorinated biphenyl degradation in Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1.

scientific article published on August 2006

Multiplicity of aromatic ring hydroxylation dioxygenase genes in a strong PCB degrader, Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1 demonstrated by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis.

scientific article

Novel 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid degradation genes from oligotrophic Bradyrhizobium sp. strain HW13 isolated from a pristine environment.

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Overcoming a hemihedral twinning problem in tetrahydrofolate-dependent O-demethylase crystals by the microseeding method

scientific article published on 30 November 2016

Phthalates impact human health: Epidemiological evidences and plausible mechanism of action.

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Regulation of the isophthalate catabolic operon controlled by IphR in Comamonas sp. strain E6.

scientific article published on 23 February 2012

Regulatory system of the protocatechuate 4,5-cleavage pathway genes essential for lignin downstream catabolism.

scientific article

Rhizobacter gummiphilus sp. nov., a rubber-degrading bacterium isolated from the soil of a botanical garden in Japan.

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Roles of two glutathione S-transferases in the final step of the β-aryl ether cleavage pathway in Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6

scientific article published on 26 November 2020

Specific gene responses of Rhodococcus jostii RHA1 during growth in soil.

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Sphingobium sp. SYK-6 LigG involved in lignin degradation is structurally and biochemically related to the glutathione transferase ω class

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Sphingobium sp. SYK-6 syringate O-demethylase gene is regulated by DesX, unlike other vanillate and syringate catabolic genes regulated by DesR

scientific article published on 11 September 2020

Structural alteration of linear plasmids encoding the genes for polychlorinated biphenyl degradation in Rhodococcus strain RHA1

scientific article published on 01 July 1998

Successful expression of a novel bacterial gene for pinoresinol reductase and its effect on lignan biosynthesis in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana.

scientific article published on 24 July 2014

The 24-bp consensus sequence responsible for regulation of the BphS1T1 two-component system in a hybrid promoter.

scientific article published on December 2011

The 4-oxalomesaconate hydratase gene, involved in the protocatechuate 4,5-cleavage pathway, is essential to vanillate and syringate degradation in Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6

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The bphDEF meta-cleavage pathway genes involved in biphenyl/polychlorinated biphenyl degradation are located on a linear plasmid and separated from the initial bphACB genes in Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1.

scientific article published in March 1997

The crystal structure of a new O-demethylase from Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6.

scientific article published on 20 April 2017

Three-Component O-Demethylase System Essential for Catabolism of a Lignin-Derived Biphenyl Compound in Sphingobium sp. Strain SYK-6.

scientific article published on 12 September 2014

Transcriptional regulation of the terephthalate catabolism operon in Comamonas sp. strain E6.

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Two novel decarboxylase genes play a key role in the stereospecific catabolism of dehydrodiconiferyl alcohol in Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6.

scientific article published on 12 March 2018

Uncovering the protocatechuate 2,3-cleavage pathway genes

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γ-Resorcylate catabolic-pathway genes in the soil actinomycete Rhodococcus jostii RHA1.

scientific article published on 28 August 2015

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