Sequence analysis of pqq genes required for biosynthesis of pyrroloquinoline quinone in Methylobacterium extorquens AM1 and the purification of a biosynthetic intermediate

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 595-602

  Toyama, Hirohide ^a   Chistoserdova, Ludmila ^a   Lidstrom, Mary E ^a,b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Methylotrophs; PQQ; Pyrroloquinoline quinone

Indexed keywords

1,4 BENZOQUINONE; PYRROLOQUINOLINEQUINONE;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; KETOGENESIS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METHYLOBACTERIUM; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METHYLOBACTERIUM EXTORQUENS; METHYLOBACTERIUM ORGANOPHILUM;

EID: 0031049495     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-2-595     Document Type: Article

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