Role of Nγ-acetyldiaminobutyrate as an enzyme stabilizer and an intermediate in the biosynthesis of hydroxyectoine

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 3774-3779

  Cánovas, David ^a,b,c   Borges, Nuno ^b   Vargas, Carmen ^a   Ventosa, Antonio ^a   Nieto, Joaquín J ^a   Santos, Helena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; DIAMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ECTOINE; GLYCERIC ACID; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STABILIZING AGENT; SYNTHETASE; AMINOBUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DIAMINO ACID; ECTOINE SYNTHASE; HYDROLYASE; HYDROXYECTOINE; N(GAMMA) ACETYL 2,4 DIAMINOBUTYRIC ACID; N(GAMMA)-ACETYL-2,4-DIAMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RABBIT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROMOHALOBACTER SALEXIGENS; HALOMONAS ELONGATA; NEGIBACTERIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

AMINO ACIDS, DIAMINO; AMINOBUTYRIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; ENZYME STABILITY; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HYDRO-LYASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RABBITS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032586949     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.9.3774-3779.1999     Document Type: Article

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