Divergent structure and regulatory mechanism of proline catabolic systems: Characterization of the putAP proline catabolic operon of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 and its regulation by PruR, an AraC/XylS family protein

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 5633-5640

  Nakada, Yuji ^a   Nishijyo, Takayuki ^a   Itoh, Yoshifumi ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAC PROTEIN; CARBON; GENE PRODUCT; HYDROGENASE; NITROGEN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROLINE; PROTEIN PRUR; PROTEIN PUTAP; PYRROLINE 5 CARBOXYLATE REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, NEUTRAL; ARAC TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PROLINE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0036785229     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.20.5633-5640.2002     Document Type: Article

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