hydroxyalkanoic
English
Adjective
hydroxyalkanoic (not comparable)
- (organic chemistry) Describing alkanoic acids that have one of more hydroxy substituents
- 2015 July 29, Adrian Gerber et al., “Functionalized PHB granules provide the basis for the efficient side-chain cleavage of cholesterol and analogs in recombinant Bacillus megaterium”, in Microbial Cell Factories, volume 14, DOI: :
- It accepts coenzyme A thioesters of hydroxyalkanoic acids (HA) as substrates and catalyzes the polymerization of HAs into PHA while simultaneously releasing CoA.
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