%0 Journal Article %T Cloning and expression of meta-cleavage enzyme (CarB) of carbazole degradation pathway from Pseudomonas stutzeri %A Larentis %A Ariane Leites %A Alves %A Tito L¨ªvio Moitinho %A Martins %A Orlando Bonif¨¢cio %J Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology %D 2005 %I Tecpar %R 10.1590/S1516-89132005000400016 %X in this work, the 1082bp pcr product corresponding to carbabb genes that encode the heterotetrameric enzyme 2'-aminobiphenyl-2,3-diol 1,2-dioxygenase (carb), involved in the pseudomonas stutzeri atcc 31258 carbazole degradation pathway, was cloned using the site-specific recombination system. recombinant clones were confirmed by pcr, restriction enzyme digestion and sequencing. carb dioxygenase was expressed in high levels and in active form in escherichia coli bl21-si using the his-tagged expression vector pdesttm17 and salt induction for 4h. %K carbazole %K 2'-aminobiphenyl-2 %K 3-diol dioxygenase %K hoada %K heterologous gene expression %K petroleum denitrogenation %K biodegradation. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1516-89132005000400016&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en