Polyester synthases: natural catalysts for plastics
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Polyester synthases: natural catalysts for plastics.
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are biopolyesters composed of hydroxy fatty acids, which represent a complex class of storage polyesters. They are synthesized by a wide range of different Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, as well as by some Archaea, and are deposited as insoluble cytoplasmic inclusions. Polyester synthases are the key enzymes of polyester biosynthesis and catalyse the conv...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biochemical Journal
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0264-6021,1470-8728
DOI: 10.1042/bj20031254