In Saccharomyces cerevisae, feedback inhibition of homocitrate synthase isoenzymes by lysine modulates the activation of LYS gene expression by Lys14p

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 261, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 163-170

  Feller, André ^a   Ramos, Fernando ^a   Piérard, André ^a   Dubois, Evelyne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b Institute for Microbiological Research J M Wiame   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Homocitrate synthase; Lys14p; Lysine; Metabolic flux; Retroinhibition

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOADIPIC ACID; ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; CITRATE SYNTHASE; ISOENZYME; LYSINE;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRUCTURAL GENE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0033118923     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00262.x     Document Type: Article

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