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Researchers at University of Iowa have published new data on nocardia

Published in Telemedicine Law Weekly, September 22nd, 2007

"Vanillic acid is an abundant renewable chemical useful for the biocatalytic synthesis of aromatics. The bacterium, Nocardia sp," investigators in the United States report.

"NRRL 5646 efficiently catalyzes the decarboxylation of vanillic acid to the phenolic product, guaiacol. For purification and characterization of vanillic acid decarboxylase (VAD), a simple, rapid enzyme assay was devised to couple the vanillic acid decarboxylase reaction with horseradish peroxidase/H2O2.Guaiacol formed in the decarboxylation reaction is oxidized by peroxidase to tetraguaiacol, a chromophoric substance, which is measurable at 470 nm. Soluble, VAD activity was inducible in cells grown...

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