Mutants of the bacterium Acinetobacter sp. strain ADP1 were selected to grow on benzoate
without the BenM transcriptional activator. In the wild type, BenM responds to benzoate and …

In Acinetobacter sp. strain ADP1, benzoate degradation requires the ben genes for
converting benzoate to catechol and the cat genes for degrading catechol. Here we describe …

Two LysR-type transcriptional regulators, BenM and CatM, control benzoate consumption by
the soil bacterium Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1. These homologs play overlapping roles in the …

A putative benM gene encoding a LysR-type regulator located upstream from the benA gene
was found in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus PHEA-2. Disruption of benM or benA destroyed …

BenM and CatM are distinct, but similar, LysR-type transcriptional regulators of the soil
bacterium Acinetobacter sp. strain ADP1. Together, the two regulators control the expression …

Acinetobacter sp. strain ADP1 can use benzoate or anthranilate as a sole carbon source.
These structurally similar compounds are independently converted to catechol, allowing …

We report here that the bzd genes for anaerobic benzoate degradation in Azoarcus sp.
strain CIB are organized as two transcriptional units, ie, a benzoate-inducible catabolic …

Benzyl alcohol, benzaldehyde, benzoate, and anthranilate are metabolized via catechol, cis,
cis-muconate, and the beta-ketoadipate pathway in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus ADP1 …

Two structural genes needed for catechol degradation, catA and catB, encode the respective
enzymes catechol 1, 2-dioxygenase (EC 1.13. 11.1) and muconate cycloisomerase (EC 5.5 …

The catabolic genes necessary for the conversion of benzoate to catechol have been cloned
from Acinetobacter calcoaceticus into Escherichia coli. The cloned genes, benABCD …