P oxidation mechanism

A central fission mechanism in which the hydrophobe is cleaved from the hydrophile. The well established P-oxidation mechanism then converts the linear chains to CO2 and H2O as indicated in Figure 6. 

The enc cluster contains four genes (encH, encl, encJ, encP) involved in the biosynthesis of the unusual benzoyl-CoA (185) starter from phenylalanine (186) via a plant-like p-oxidation mechanism (Fig. 32) [208-210]. This pathway is initiated by the unique phenylalanine ammonia-lyase EncP [211], which catalyzes the generation of cinnamic acid (187) from 186. The cinnamate-CoA ligase EncH... 

Whittle D P, Oxidation mechanism for alloys in single oxidant gases , in High-Temperature Corrosion, NACE-6, edited by Rapp R A, Houston, TX, NACE, 1983, 171. 

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