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L N Ornston

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1 The conversion of catechol and protocatechuate to beta-ketoadipate by Pseudomonas putida. J Biol Chem 1966 7.59
2 The conversion of catechol and protocatechuate to beta-ketoadipate by Pseudomonas putida. IV. Regulation. J Biol Chem 1966 7.47
3 Regulation of catabolic pathways in Pseudomonas. Bacteriol Rev 1971 4.99
4 Isolation of spontaneous mutant strains of Pseudomonas putida. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1969 4.79
5 The beta-ketoadipate pathway. Adv Microb Physiol 1973 4.61
6 The conversion of catechol and protocatechuate to beta-ketoadipate by Pseudomonas putida. 3. Enzymes of the catechol pathway. J Biol Chem 1966 4.36
7 Nucleotide sequences of the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus benABC genes for benzoate 1,2-dioxygenase reveal evolutionary relationships among multicomponent oxygenases. J Bacteriol 1991 3.05
8 The conversion of catechol and protocatechuate to beta-ketoadipate by Pseudomonas putida. II. Enzymes of the protocatechuate pathway. J Biol Chem 1966 2.76
9 Evolutionary significance of metabolic control systems. The beta-ketoadipate pathway provides a case history in bacteria. Science 1967 2.40
10 Genetic control of enzyme induction in the -ketoadipate pathway of Pseudomonas putida: deletion mapping of cat mutations. J Bacteriol 1972 2.25
11 DNA sequences of genes encoding Acinetobacter calcoaceticus protocatechuate 3,4-dioxygenase: evidence indicating shuffling of genes and of DNA sequences within genes during their evolutionary divergence. J Bacteriol 1990 2.05
12 Aromatic acids are chemoattractants for Pseudomonas putida. J Bacteriol 1984 2.02
13 Relationships among enzymes of the beta-ketoadipate pathway. I. Properties of cis,cis-muconate-lactonizing enzyme and muconolactone isomerase from Pseudomonas putida. Biochemistry 1973 1.97
14 Nucleotide sequencing and characterization of Pseudomonas putida catR: a positive regulator of the catBC operon is a member of the LysR family. J Bacteriol 1990 1.95
15 Cloning and genetic organization of the pca gene cluster from Acinetobacter calcoaceticus. J Bacteriol 1987 1.93
16 Identification of the transcriptional activator pobR and characterization of its role in the expression of pobA, the structural gene for p-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus. J Bacteriol 1993 1.93
17 Cloning and expression of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus catBCDE genes in Pseudomonas putida and Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol 1986 1.88
18 Physically associated enzymes produce and metabolize 2-hydroxy-2,4-dienoate, a chemically unstable intermediate formed in catechol metabolism via meta cleavage in Pseudomonas putida. J Bacteriol 1989 1.81
19 Nucleotide sequence and expression of clcD, a plasmid-borne dienelactone hydrolase gene from Pseudomonas sp. strain B13. J Bacteriol 1987 1.79
20 Potential DNA slippage structures acquired during evolutionary divergence of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus chromosomal benABC and Pseudomonas putida TOL pWW0 plasmid xylXYZ, genes encoding benzoate dioxygenases. J Bacteriol 1991 1.77
21 DNA sequence of the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus catechol 1,2-dioxygenase I structural gene catA: evidence for evolutionary divergence of intradiol dioxygenases by acquisition of DNA sequence repetitions. J Bacteriol 1988 1.75
22 Characterization of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus catM, a repressor gene homologous in sequence to transcriptional activator genes. J Bacteriol 1989 1.74
23 Cloning and expression in Escherichia coli of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus genes for benzoate degradation. J Bacteriol 1987 1.71
24 Intergeneric evolutionary homology revealed by the study of protocatechuate 3,4-dioxygenase from Azotobacter vinelandii. Biochemistry 1980 1.70
25 Regulation of glyoxylate metabolism in Escherichia coli K-12. J Bacteriol 1969 1.70
26 Chemotaxis to aromatic and hydroaromatic acids: comparison of Bradyrhizobium japonicum and Rhizobium trifolii. J Bacteriol 1985 1.63
27 Properties of an inducible uptake system for beta-ketoadipate in Pseudomonas putida. J Bacteriol 1976 1.60
28 Contrasting patterns of evolutionary divergence within the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus pca operon. Gene 1994 1.50
29 Chemotaxis to plant phenolic inducers of virulence genes is constitutively expressed in the absence of the Ti plasmid in Agrobacterium tumefaciens. J Bacteriol 1987 1.50
30 Genetic control of enzyme induction in the -ketoadipate pathway of Pseudomonas putida: two-point crosses with a regulatory mutant strain. J Bacteriol 1972 1.49
31 Constitutive synthesis of enzymes of the protocatechuate pathway and of the beta-ketoadipate uptake system in mutant strains of Pseudomonas putida. J Bacteriol 1976 1.47
32 Discontinuities in the evolution of Pseudomonas putida cat genes. J Bacteriol 1995 1.46
33 Genetic analysis of a chromosomal region containing vanA and vanB, genes required for conversion of either ferulate or vanillate to protocatechuate in Acinetobacter. J Bacteriol 1999 1.43
34 cis-diol dehydrogenases encoded by the TOL pWW0 plasmid xylL gene and the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus chromosomal benD gene are members of the short-chain alcohol dehydrogenase superfamily. Eur J Biochem 1992 1.41
35 Selection of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus mutants deficient in the p-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase gene (pobA), a member of a supraoperonic cluster. J Bacteriol 1990 1.39
36 Origins of metabolic diversity: substitution of homologous sequences into genes for enzymes with different catalytic activities. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1980 1.39
37 Spontaneous mutations in pcaH and -G, structural genes for protocatechuate 3,4-dioxygenase in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus. J Bacteriol 1995 1.37
38 Cloning and expression of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus catechol 1,2-dioxygenase structural gene catA in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol 1986 1.37
39 Enzymes of the beta-ketoadipate pathway are inducible in Rhizobium and Agrobacterium spp. and constitutive in Bradyrhizobium spp. J Bacteriol 1986 1.36
40 Evolutionary divergence of co-selected beta-ketoadipate enol-lactone hydrolases in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus. J Biol Chem 1980 1.36
41 Origins of metabolic diversity: evolutionary divergence by sequence repetition. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1979 1.33
42 Evolutionarily homologous alpha 2 beta 2 oligomeric structures in beta-ketoadipate succinyl-CoA transferases from Acinetobacter calcoaceticus and Pseudomonas putida. J Biol Chem 1981 1.32
43 Evolutionary divergence of pobA, the structural gene encoding p-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase in an Acinetobacter calcoaceticus strain well-suited for genetic analysis. Gene 1993 1.32
44 The evolution of induction mechanisms in bacteria: insights derived from the study of the beta-ketoadipate pathway. Curr Top Cell Regul 1977 1.31
45 Inducible uptake system for -carboxy-cis, cis-muconate in a permeability mutant of Pseudomonas putida. J Bacteriol 1972 1.30
46 PcaU, a transcriptional activator of genes for protocatechuate utilization in Acinetobacter. J Bacteriol 1998 1.30
47 Evolution of catabolic pathways. Biochem Soc Trans 1976 1.29
48 Regulation of p-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase synthesis by PobR bound to an operator in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus. J Bacteriol 1994 1.29
49 Genetic analysis of supraoperonic clustering by use of natural transformation in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus. J Bacteriol 1992 1.28
50 Homologous amino acid sequences in enzymes mediating sequential metabolic reactions. J Biol Chem 1978 1.24
51 Beta-ketoadipate enol-lactone hydrolases I and II from Acinetobacter calcoaceticus. J Biol Chem 1975 1.24
52 Dienelactone hydrolase from Pseudomonas sp. strain B13. J Bacteriol 1987 1.20
53 Recovery of DNA from the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus chromosome by gap repair. J Bacteriol 1990 1.18
54 The pca-pob supraoperonic cluster of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus contains quiA, the structural gene for quinate-shikimate dehydrogenase. J Bacteriol 1994 1.18
55 Two forms of D-glycerate kinase in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol 1969 1.17
56 Cloning and expression of pca genes from Pseudomonas putida in Escherichia coli. J Gen Microbiol 1988 1.16
57 Properties of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus recA and its contribution to intracellular gene conversion. Mol Microbiol 1994 1.14
58 Relationships among enzymes of the beta-ketoadipate pathway. IV. Muconolactone isomerase from Acinetobacter calcoaceticus and Pseudomonas putida. J Biol Chem 1974 1.14
59 Mutation analysis of PobR and PcaU, closely related transcriptional activators in acinetobacter. J Bacteriol 1998 1.14
60 Unusual G + C content and codon usage in catIJF, a segment of the ben-cat supra-operonic cluster in the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus chromosome. Gene 1994 1.13
61 Benzoate and muconate, structurally dissimilar metabolites, induce expression of catA in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus. J Bacteriol 1987 1.11
62 Unusual ancestry of dehydratases associated with quinate catabolism in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus. J Bacteriol 1995 1.11
63 Repetitions in the NH2-terminal amino acid sequence of beta-ketoadipate enol-lactone hydrolase from Pseudomonas putida. J Biol Chem 1980 1.11
64 Influence of the catBCE sequence on the phenotypic reversion of a pcaE mutation in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus. J Bacteriol 1987 1.11
65 Cloning and characterization of Helicobacter pylori succinyl CoA:acetoacetate CoA-transferase, a novel prokaryotic member of the CoA-transferase family. J Biol Chem 1997 1.08
66 The physiological contribution of Acinetobacter PcaK, a transport system that acts upon protocatechuate, can be masked by the overlapping specificity of VanK. J Bacteriol 1999 1.07
67 Combining localized PCR mutagenesis and natural transformation in direct genetic analysis of a transcriptional regulator gene, pobR. J Bacteriol 1997 1.07
68 Catechol and chlorocatechol 1,2-dioxygenases. Methods Enzymol 1990 1.04
69 Functions of the mismatch repair gene mutS from Acinetobacter sp. strain ADP1. J Bacteriol 2001 1.04
70 Acquisition of apparent DNA slippage structures during extensive evolutionary divergence of pcaD and catD genes encoding identical catalytic activities in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus. Gene 1994 1.04
71 Structure of Acinetobacter strain ADP1 protocatechuate 3, 4-dioxygenase at 2.2 A resolution: implications for the mechanism of an intradiol dioxygenase. Biochemistry 2000 1.03
72 Abundant expression of Pseudomonas genes for chlorocatechol metabolism. J Bacteriol 1988 1.02
73 The regulation of the -ketoadipate pathway in Pseudomonas acidovorans and Pseudomonas testosteroni. J Gen Microbiol 1972 1.01
74 IS1236, a newly discovered member of the IS3 family, exhibits varied patterns of insertion into the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus chromosome. Microbiology 1996 1.01
75 Bacteria are not what they eat: that is why they are so diverse. J Bacteriol 2000 0.96
76 Phenotypic expression of PCR-generated random mutations in a Pseudomonas putida gene after its introduction into an Acinetobacter chromosome by natural transformation. Appl Environ Microbiol 1999 0.96
77 Overlapping evolutionary affinities revealed by comparison of amino acid compositions. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1982 0.96
78 Substitution, insertion, deletion, suppression, and altered substrate specificity in functional protocatechuate 3,4-dioxygenases. J Bacteriol 1999 0.95
79 Dienelactone hydrolase from Pseudomonas cepacia. J Bacteriol 1993 0.95
80 RpoN (sigma 54) is required for conversion of phenol to catechol in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus. J Bacteriol 1994 0.92
81 Enzymes of the beta-ketoadipate pathway in Pseudomonas putida: kinetic and magnetic resonance studies of the cis,cis-muconate cycloisomerase catalyzed reaction. Biochemistry 1983 0.92
82 p-Chloromercuribenzoate specifically modifies thiols associated with the active sites of beta-ketoadipate enol-lactone hydrolase and succinyl CoA: beta-ketoadipate CoA transferase. Arch Microbiol 1984 0.91
83 TOL plasmid can prevent induction of chemotactic responses to aromatic acids. J Bacteriol 1984 0.91
84 Nucleotide sequences transferred by gene conversion in the bacterium Acinetobacter calcoaceticus. Gene 1995 0.90
85 Cloning and genetic characterization of dca genes required for beta-oxidation of straight-chain dicarboxylic acids in Acinetobacter sp. strain ADP1. Appl Environ Microbiol 2001 0.88
86 Participation of the beta-ketoadipate transport system in chemotaxis. J Gen Microbiol 1981 0.87
87 Repression of Acinetobacter vanillate demethylase synthesis by VanR, a member of the GntR family of transcriptional regulators. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2000 0.87
88 Protocatechuate is not metabolized via catechol in Enterobacter aerogenes. J Bacteriol 1987 0.87
89 Relationships among enzymes of the beta-ketoadipate pathway. 3. Properties of crystalline gamma-carboxymuconolactone decarboxylase from Pseudomonas putida. Biochemistry 1973 0.87
90 Relationships among enzymes of the beta-ketoadipate pathway. II. Properties of crystalline beta-carboxy-cis,cis-muconate-lactonizing enzyme from Pseudomonas putida. Biochemistry 1973 0.84
91 Spontaneous mutations affecting transcriptional regulation by protocatechuate in Acinetobacter. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2001 0.84
92 Biological distribution and physiological role of the beta-ketoadipate transport system. J Gen Microbiol 1980 0.83
93 Homologous structural genes and similar induction patterns in Azotobacter spp. and Pseudomonas spp. J Bacteriol 1980 0.82
94 Muconate cycloisomerase. Methods Enzymol 1990 0.82
95 Distance between alleles as a determinant of linkage in natural transformation of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus. J Bacteriol 1995 0.81
96 Substrate range and genetic analysis of Acinetobacter vanillate demethylase. J Bacteriol 2000 0.81
97 Evolutionary relationships among gamma-carboxymuconolactone decarboxylases. J Bacteriol 1981 0.79
98 Muconolactone isomerase. Methods Enzymol 1990 0.79
99 Dependence of linkage of alleles on their physical distance in natural transformation of Acinetobacter sp. strain ADP1. Arch Microbiol 2001 0.78
100 Similar structures in gamma-carboxymuconolactone decarboxylase and beta-ketoadipate succinyl coenzyme A transferase. J Bacteriol 1982 0.78
101 Glycolate uptake by mutant strains of Escherichia coli K-12. J Bacteriol 1970 0.78
102 Purification and characterization of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus 4-hydroxybenzoate 3-hydroxylase after its overexpression in Escherichia coli. J Biochem 1995 0.77
103 Cloning of catBCIJFD genes for catechol degradation into chromosomal pobA and genetic stability of the recombinant Acinetobacter calcoaceticus. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 1996 0.75
104 [Purification and properties of beta-ketoadipyl-coenzyme A thiolase from Pseudomonas putida]. Wei Sheng Wu Xue Bao 1988 0.75