MicrobiologyApplied and Environmental MicrobiologyPeer-reviewed
Evolution of Rhodopseudomonas palustris to degrade halogenated aromatic compounds involves changes in pathway regulation and enzyme specificity
Irshad Ul Haq, Annika Christensen, Kathryn R. Fixen
This paper shows that Rhodopseudomonas palustris evolved to degrade 3-chlorobenzoate through a regulatory mutation and a promiscuous enzyme variant with enhanced specificity.