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Title: Large scale solubilization of coal and bioconversion to utilizable energy. Eleventh quarterly technical progress report, April 1, 1996--June 30, 1996

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/419268· OSTI ID:419268

Neurospora has the capability to solubilize coal and the protein fraction accounting for this ability has been isolated. During this period the cola solubilizing activity (CSA) was fractionated and partially sequenced. The activity has been determined to be a tyrosinase and/or a phenol oxidase. The amino acid sequence of the protein was used to prepare oligonucleotides to identify the clone carrying Neurospora CSA. It is intended to clone the Neurospora gene into yeast, since yeast cannot solubilize coal, to further characterize the CSA.

Research Organization:
South Carolina Univ., Columbia, SC (United States). Dept. of Biological Sciences
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
FG22-93PC93224
OSTI ID:
419268
Report Number(s):
DOE/PC/93224-T10; ON: DE97050026
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English