Catabolism of α-ketoglutarate by a sucA mutant of Bradyrhizobium japonicum: Evidence for an alternative tricarboxylic acid cycle

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2838-2844

  Green, Laura S ^a,b   Li, Youzhong ^b   Emerich, David W ^a   Bergersen, Fraser J ^b   Day, David A ^b,c  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; AMMONIA; COENZYME A; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; FUMARIC ACID; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; NITROGEN; OXOGLUTARATE DEHYDROGENASE; PYRIDINE NUCLEOTIDE; SUCCINIC ACID; THIAMINE DERIVATIVE; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CATABOLISM; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MUTANT; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOYBEAN; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CARBOXY-LYASES; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; DECARBOXYLATION; GENE DELETION; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; KETOGLUTARATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX; KETOGLUTARIC ACIDS; MUTAGENESIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; SUCCINATE-SEMIALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE;

BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; GLYCINE MAX; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034058215     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.10.2838-2844.2000     Document Type: Article

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