Discovery of enzymes for toluene synthesis from anoxic microbial communities
March 19th, 2018 by Harry R. Beller
Discovery of enzymes for toluene synthesis from anoxic microbial communities
Discovery of enzymes for toluene synthesis from anoxic microbial communities, Published online: 19 March 2018; doi:10.1038/s41589-018-0017-4
The source of biological toluene production in diverse anoxic microbial communities is a glycyl radical enzyme that catalyzes phenylacetate decarboxylation (PhdB), and its cognate activating radical S-adenosylmethionine enzyme (PhdA).