Identification and characterization of the pqqDGC gene cluster involved in pyrroloquinoline quinone production in an obligate methylotroph Methylobacillus flagellatum

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 141, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 169-176

  Gomelsky, Mark ^a,b,c   Biville, Francis ^a,b   Gasser, Francis ^b   Tsygankov, Yuri D ^a  

^a STATE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND SELECTION OF INDUSTRIAL MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Methylobacillus flagellatum; Methylotroph; pqq Genes; PqqG; Proteobacteria; Pyrroloquinoline quinone

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; AMINO ACID; DNA; GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE; METHANOL; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PYRROLOQUINOLINEQUINONE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; METHYLOBACILLUS FLAGELLATUM; METHYLOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; METHYLOBACILLUS FLAGELLATUS; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0030221983     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00217-0     Document Type: Article

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