Electron transfer reactions in the alkene mono-oxygenase complex from Nocardia corallina B-276.

Degradation of trichloroethene by a linear-plasmid-encoded alkene monooxygenase in Rhodococcus corallinus (Nocardia corallina) B-276.

Rhodococcus corallinus (formerly Nocardia corallina) B-276, isolated with propene as sole carbon and energy source, is able to oxidize trichloroethene (TCE). Glucose- or propene-grown R. corallinus B-276 cells exhibited no difference in TCE degradation efficiency. TCE degradation was found to be growth-phase-dependent and maximum rates were monitored with stationary-phase cells. K(m) and Vmax v...

Hydrolysis of ibuprofen nitrile and ibuprofen amide and deracemisation of ibuprofen using Nocardia corallina B-276.

A novel application of whole cells of Nocardia corallina B-276 for the deracemisation of ibuprofen is reported. This microorganism successfully hydrolysed ibuprofen nitrile to ibuprofen amide, and ibuprofen amide to ibuprofen, using a suspension of cells in a potassium phosphate buffer solution (0.1 M, pH = 7.0). These results can be explained by the presence of NHase and amidase enzymes, but t...

Nitrile Hydratase Activity of Nocardia corallina B-276

Nitrile is a functional group that usually is transformed to amides or carboxylic acids under strong reaction conditions in acidic or basic media and high temperatures. Amides have also been prepared from nitriles at room temperature using strong oxidizing agents such as hydrogen peroxide or sodium superoxide in DMSO. On the other hand biocatalytic hydrolysis of nitriles mediated by nitrilase, ...

Biotransformation of (S)-cis-verbenol with Nocardia corallina B-276

A stopped-flow kinetic study of soluble methane mono-oxygenase from Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath).

1. The roles of the three protein components of soluble methane mono-oxygenase were investigated by the use of rapid-reaction techniques. The transfer of electrons through the enzyme complex from NADH to methane/O2 was also investigated. 2. Electron transfer from protein C, the reductase component, to protein A, the hydroxylase component, was demonstrated. Protein C was shown to undergo a three...