Experimental Horizontal Gene Transfer of Methylamine Dehydrogenase Mimics Prevalent Exchange in Nature and Overcomes the Methylamine Growth Constraints Posed by the Sub-Optimal N-Methylglutamate Pathway

Methylamine plays an important role in the global carbon and nitrogen budget; microorganisms that grow on reduced single carbon compounds, methylotrophs, serve as a major biological sink for methylamine in aerobic environments. Two non-orthologous, functionally degenerate routes for methylamine oxid...

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Main Authors: Dipti D. Nayak, Christopher J. Marx
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-03-01
Series:Microorganisms
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/3/1/60

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