Glycine betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase from Bacillus subtilis: Characterization of an enzyme required for the synthesis of the osmoprotectant glycine betaine

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 282-289

  Boch, Jens ^a,b   Nau Wagner, Gabriele ^a   Kneip, Susanne ^a   Bremer, Erhard ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aldehyde dehydrogenase; Bacillus subtilis; Compatible solutes; Glycine betaine synthesis; Osmoregulation

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; BETAINE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; AMINO ACIDS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETAINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AGAROSE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION; KINETICS; NAD; NADP; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLASMIDS; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROLINE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030763455     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050500     Document Type: Article

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