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American Society for Microbiology, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 21(73), p. 7099-7102, 2007

DOI: 10.1128/aem.00777-07

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6-Aminohexanoate Oligomer Hydrolases from the Alkalophilic Bacteria Agromyces sp. Strain KY5R and Kocuria sp. Strain KY2

Journal article published in 2007 by Kengo Yasuhira, Yasuhito Tanaka, Hiroshi Shibata, Yasuyuki Kawashima, Akira Ohara, Dai-Ichiro Kato, Masahiro Takeo, Seiji Negoro ORCID
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Abstract

ABSTRACT Alkalophilic, nylon oligomer-degrading strains, Agromyces sp. and Kocuria sp., were isolated from the wastewater of a nylon-6 factory and from activated sludge from a sewage disposal plant. The 6-aminohexanoate oligomer hydrolases (NylC) from the alkalophilic strains had 95.8 to 98.6% similarity to the enzyme in neutrophilic Arthrobacter sp. but had superior thermostability, activity under alkaline conditions, and affinity for nylon-related substrates, which would be advantageous for biotechnological applications.