ThrH, a homoserine kinase isozyme with in vivo phosphoserine phosphatase activity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 845-853

  Patte, Jean Claude ^a   Clepet, Christian ^a,c   Bally, Marc ^b   Borne, Françoise ^a   Méjean, Vincent ^a   Foglino, Maryline ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Genomics Rhône Poulenc   (France)

Author keywords

Homoserine kinase; Phosphoserine phosphatase; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Threonine biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; HOMOSERINE KINASE; ISOENZYME; PHOSPHATASE; THREONINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; BACTERIAL GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0032900562     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-4-845     Document Type: Article

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