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Close association between the enzymes involved in the lignin metabolic pathway ofSphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6: interaction ofO-demethylase (LigX) and ring fission dioxygenase (LigZ)

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  1. Graduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, 184-8588, Tokyo, Japan

    Tomonori Sonoki, Yuichiro Otsuka, Seiichiro Ikeda, Shinya Kajita & Yoshihiro Katayama

  2. Department of Bioengineering, Nagaoka University of Engineering, Kamitomioka, Nagaoka, 940-2188, Nigata, Japan

    Eiji Masai

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Sonoki, T., Otsuka, Y., Ikeda, S. et al. Close association between the enzymes involved in the lignin metabolic pathway ofSphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6: interaction ofO-demethylase (LigX) and ring fission dioxygenase (LigZ). J Wood Sci 48, 250–252 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00771377

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