Oxidation of propionate to pyruvate in Escherichia coli: Involvement of methylcitrate dehydratase and aconitase

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 269, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 6184-6194

  Brock, Matthias ^a,c   Maerker, Claudia ^a,c   Schütz, Alexandra ^a   Völker, Uwe ^a,b,d   Buckel, Wolfgang ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

2 methylisocitrate; Aconitase; Methylcitrate dehydratase; Propionate metabolism; prp operon

Indexed keywords

ACONITATE HYDRATASE; METHYL GROUP; METHYLCITRATE DEHYDRATASE; PROPIONIC ACID; PROPIONYL COENZYME A; PROTEIN; PROTEIN ACNB; PROTEIN PRP; PYRUVIC ACID; RNA; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CATALYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDRATION; ISOMERISM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPERON; OXIDATION; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ACONITATE HYDRATASE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CARBON-CARBON LYASES; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COENZYME A LIGASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HYDRO-LYASES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PEPTIDES; PHENOTYPE; PROPIONATES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PYRUVIC ACID; RNA; RNA, MESSENGER; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 0036449408     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03336.x     Document Type: Article

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