GTP cyclohydrolase II and 3,4-dihydroxy-2-butanone 4-phosphate synthase are rate-limiting enzymes in riboflavin synthesis of an industrial Bacillus subtilis strain used for riboflavin production

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-7

  Humbelin M ^a,b   Griesser, V ^a   Keller, T ^c   Schurter, W ^d   Haiker, M ^a   Hohmann, H P ^a,b   Ritz, H ^e   Richter, G ^e   Bacher, A ^e   Van Loon, A P G M ^a  

^a F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^b HOFFMANN LA ROCHE INC   (United States)

^c NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

^d PharmaPart AG   (Switzerland)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

3,4 Dihydroxy 2 butanone 4 phosphate synthase; Bacillus subtilis; GTP cyclohydrolase II; Riboflavin

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXY 2 BUTANONE 4 PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CYCLOHYDROLASE I; RIBOFLAVIN; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PROMOTER REGION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033040385     PISSN: 13675435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jim.2900590     Document Type: Article

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