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dc.contributor.authorCurson, Andrew RJ
dc.contributor.authorSullivan, Matthew J
dc.contributor.authorTodd, Jonathan D
dc.contributor.authorJohnston, Andrew WB
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-30T12:31:09Z
dc.date.available2019-01-30T12:31:09Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.issn1751-7362
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/ismej.2010.203
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/67445
dc.description.abstractThe abundant compatible solute dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) is made by many marine algae. Different marine bacteria catabolise DMSP by various mechanisms, some of which liberate the environmentally important gas dimethyl sulfide (DMS). We describe an enzyme, DddY, which cleaves DMSP into DMS plus acrylate and is located in the bacterial periplasm, unlike other DMSP lyases that catalyse this reaction. There are dddY-like genes in strains of Alcaligenes, Arcobacter and Shewanella, in the ߭, e- and ?-proteobacteria, respectively. In Alcaligenes, dddY is in a cluster of ddd and acu genes that resemble, but also have significant differences to, those in other bacteria that catabolise both DMSP and acrylate. Although production of DMS and transcription of Alcaligenes dddY are both apparently inducible by pre-growth of cells with DMSP, this substrate must be catabolised to form acrylate, the bona fide coinducer.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherNature Publishing Group
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1191
dc.relation.ispartofpageto1200
dc.relation.ispartofjournalThe ISME Journal
dc.relation.ispartofvolume5
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiological sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMicrobial genetics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode41
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode31
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode310704
dc.titleDddY, a periplasmic dimethylsulfoniopropionate lyase found in taxonomically diverse species of Proteobacteria
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorSullivan, Matthew J.


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