The Aspergillus nidulans lysF gene encodes homoaconitase, an enzyme involved in the fungus-specific lysine biosynthesis pathway

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 255, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 237-247

  Weidner, G ^a   Steffan, B ^a   Brakhage, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aminoadipate pathway; Aspergillus nidulans; Homoaconitase; Lysine biosynthesis; Penicillin biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ACONITATE HYDRATASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; ISOCITRIC ACID; LYSINE; MESSENGER RNA; POLYADENYLATED RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EXON; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PH; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STOP CODON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HAPLOIDY; HYDRO-LYASES; LYSINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PENICILLINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRICARBOXYLIC ACIDS;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030758003     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050494     Document Type: Article

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