The bacterial oxidation of indole

• Published in: Biochimica et biophysica acta Vol. 158; no. 1; pp. 70 - 78
• Main Authors: Fujioka, Motoji, Wada, Hiroshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 16.04.1968
• Subjects: Bacteria - enzymology; Bacteria - isolation & purification; Bacteria - metabolism; Indoles - metabolism; ortho-Aminobenzoates - metabolism; Oxidoreductases; Skatole - metabolism; Soil Microbiology; Spectrophotometry
• ISSN: 0304-4165; 0006-3002; 1872-8006
• DOI: 10.1016/0304-4165(68)90073-1

A microorganism was isolated from soil with indole as the sole source of carbon and nitrogen. Evidence was presented that indole was oxidized to anthranilic acid in this bacterium with dihydroxyindole as the intermediate. The enzyme catalyzing the oxidation of dihydroxyindole, designated as dihydrox...