Wayne S. Kontur

Funneling aromatic products of chemically depolymerized lignin into 2-pyrone-4-6-dicarboxylic acid with<i>Novosphingobium aromaticivorans</i>

Jose M. Perez, Wayne S. Kontur, Manar Alherech et al. · Green Chemistry · 2019 · 142 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Chemistry +15

Novosphingobium aromaticivorans uses a Nu-class glutathione S-transferase as a glutathione lyase in breaking the β-aryl ether bond of lignin

Wayne S. Kontur, C.A. Bingman, Charles N. Olmsted et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2018 · 77 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Microbiology +15

<i>In Vitro</i> Enzymatic Depolymerization of Lignin with Release of Syringyl, Guaiacyl, and Tricin Units

Daniel L. Gall, Wayne S. Kontur, Wu Lan et al. · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 2017 · 65 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Botany, Plant Biology +15

Metabolism of Multiple Aromatic Compounds in Corn Stover Hydrolysate by <i>Rhodopseudomonas palustris</i>

Samantha Austin, Wayne S. Kontur, Arne Ulbrich et al. · Environmental Science & Technology · 2015 · 64 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Microbiology +16

One-step DNA melting in the RNA polymerase cleft opens the initiation bubble to form an unstable open complex

Theodore J. Gries, Wayne S. Kontur, Ruth M. Saecker et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2010 · 57 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology +17