Meanings
nounalcaligin (uncountable)
- uncountableA siderophore produced by bacteria of the family Alcaligenaceae.
For NMOs, the sequences of L-ornithine N5-oxygenase SidA from Aspergillus fumigatus (XP_755103.1) and the alcaligin biosynthesis enzyme from Bordetella bronchiseptica (Q44740.2) were used as queries.
2015 July 11, “The Origin and Evolution of Baeyer—Villiger Monooxygenases (BVMOs): An Ancestral Family of Flavin Monooxygenases”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin
Alcaligenes + -in
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