Pyruvate carboxylase from Corynebacterium glutamicum: Characterization, expression and inactivation of the pyc gene

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 915-927

  Peters Wendisch, Petra G ^a,d   Kreutzer, Caroline ^a   Kalinowski, Jörn ^b   Pátek, Miroslav ^c   Sahm, Hermann ^a   Eikmanns, Bernhard J ^a,e  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaplerotic reactions; Corynebacterium glutamicum; Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase; pyc gene; Pyruvate carboxylase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DNA FRAGMENT; GENE PRODUCT; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE; PYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0031967783     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-4-915     Document Type: Article

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