pqqA is not required for biosynthesis of pyrroloquinoline quinone in Methylobacterium extorquens AM1

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 183-191

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

^a Box 351750 ^*  (United States)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Methylotrophs; PQQ; pqqA; Pyrroloquinoline quinone

Indexed keywords

METHANOL; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; PYRROLOQUINOLINEQUINONE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; GENE INSERTION; METHYLOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHYLOBACTERIUM EXTORQUENS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031983856     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-1-183     Document Type: Article

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