Branched-chain α-keto acid catabolism via the gene products of the bkd operon in Enterococcus faecalis: A new, secreted metabolite serving as a temporary redox sink

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 3239-3246

  Ward, Donald E ^a,d   Van Der Weijden, Coen C ^b   Van Der Merwe, Marthinus J ^c   Westerhoff, Hans V ^b   Claiborne, Al ^a   Snoep, Jacky L ^b,c  

^a WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 OXOACID; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; GENE PRODUCT;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

3-METHYL-2-OXOBUTANOATE DEHYDROGENASE (LIPOAMIDE); ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AEROBIOSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENES, BACTERIAL; KETO ACIDS; KETONE OXIDOREDUCTASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPERON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PYRUVATES; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0034040174     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.11.3239-3246.2000     Document Type: Article

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