Organization of the genes involved in dimethylglycine and sarcosine degradation in Arthrobacter spp.: Implications for glycine betaine catabolism

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 268, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 3390-3398

  Meskys, Rolandas ^a   Harris, Richard J ^b   Casaite, Vida ^a   Basran, Jaswir ^b   Scrutton, Nigel S ^b  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dimethylglycine; Flavoprotein; Glycine betaine; Methylated amines; Sarcosine

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETAINE; DIMETHLYGLYCINE DEHYDROGENASE; DIMETHYLGLYCINE OXIDASE; DNA FRAGMENT; METHYL GROUP; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; SARCOSINE OXIDASE; TETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; TETRAMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURAL GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTHROBACTER; BETAINE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-NH GROUP DONORS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SARCOSINE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ARTHROBACTER; ARTHROBACTER GLOBIFORMIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034832015     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2001.02239.x     Document Type: Article

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