Transcriptional cross-regulation of the catechol and protocatechuate branches of the β-ketoadipate pathway contributes to carbon source-dependent expression of the Acinetobacter sp. strain ADP1 pobA gene

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1598-1606

  Brzostowicz, Patricia C ^a,b   Reams, Andrew B ^a   Clark, Todd J ^a   Neidle, Ellen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATALYSIS; ENZYMES; GENES; SUBSTRATES;

AROMATIC SUBSTRATES;

MICROBIOLOGY;

3 OXOADIPIC ACID; 4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; ADIPIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BENZOIC ACID; CARBON; CATECHOL; PROTEIN BENM; PROTEIN CATM; PROTEIN PCAK; PROTEIN POBA; PROTOCATECHUIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM;

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBON SOURCE; CATABOLISM; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACINETOBACTER; ADIPIC ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON; CATECHOLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROXYBENZOIC ACIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037337771     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.3.1598-1606.2003     Document Type: Article

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