The eLignin Microbial Database

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phenylacetic acid

Compound Overview

Name phenylacetic acid
IUPAC Name phenyl acetate
Formula C8H8O2
SMILES CC(=O)OC1=CC=CC=C1
Carbon Number 8
Molecular Weight 136.15
Polymer Type monomer
Synonyms phenol acetate
acetic acid phenyl ester
acetylphenol
acetoxybenzene

Chemical Structure

Chemical structure of phenylacetic acid

Structure from PubChem

External Databases

CAS 122-79-2
PubChem 31229
KEGG C00548
ChEBI 8082
Empirical Data

Organisms that can utilize this substrate (19) Empirical

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Organism Strain Reference Comment
Rhodococcus rhodochrous 116 Karlson et al (1993) -
Cupriavidus pinatubonensis 1245 Sato et al (2006) -
Rhodococcus fascians AY730713 Song (2009) -
Exophiala jeanselmei CBS 658.76 Middelhoven (1993) -
Rhodopseudomonas palustris CGA001 Harwood et al (1988) -
Thauera sp. Cin3,4 Mechichi et al (2005) (anaerobically)
Aromatoleum aromaticum EbN1 Rabus et al (1995) (anaerobically)
Rhodotorula glutinis Jain isolate GUPTA et al (1986) (glucose required for the demethylation of the methoxy groups)
Thauera aromatica K172 Tschech et al (1987) (anaerobically)
Pelobacter acidigallici Ma Gal2 (DSM 2377) Schink et al (1982) (anaerobically)
Acetobacterium woodii NZva16 Bache et al (1981), Bache et al (1981) (anaerobically)
(anaerobically)
Rhodococcus opacus PD630 (DSMZ 44193) Alvarez et al (1996) -
Desulfobacterium phenolicum Ph01 Bak et al (1986) (anaerobically)
Burkholderia cepacia Song isolate 1 Song (2009) -
Pantoea dispersa Song isolate 2 Song (2009) -
Rhodococcus fascians Song isolate 3 Song (2009) -
Flavimonas oryzihabitans Song isolate 4 Song (2009) -
Microbacterium esteraromaticum Song isolate 5 Song (2009) -
Sulfuritalea hydrogenivorans sk43H Sperfeld et al (2018) (anaerobically)

Pathways Empirical

No pathways are currently linked to this substrate.

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Organisms predicted to process phenylacetic acid through a pathway Predicted

For each pathway where phenylacetic acid enters as a reactant, organisms recorded as being able to utilise it but not yet confirmed for that pathway are listed as predicted. Not experimentally verified. What does this mean?

No organisms predicted for this compound based on current pathway and substrate data.

Reactions involving phenylacetic acid

No reactions are currently linked to this substrate.

Transporters

No transporters are currently linked to this substrate.

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