Nishihara T, Yamada T, Takano K, Osada S, Nishikawa J, Imagawa M
Department of Environmental Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Japan.
Lett Appl Microbiol. 1994 Oct;19(4):181-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1472-765x.1994.tb00938.x.
DNA sequence of the phe B gene isolated from a chromosome of the phenol degrading bacterium Pseudomonas putida BH is identical to that of the dmp B gene from the phenol degradative plasmid, pVI150. Catechol 2,3-dioxygenase encoded by phe B showed similar substrate specificity to that of xyl E. However, Phe B has much smaller Km values than Xyl E, indicating that Phe B is useful for treatment of low concentrations of catechol derivatives in waste water.