The putative transcriptional repressor McbR, member of the TetR-family, is involved in the regulation of the metabolic network directing the synthesis of sulfur containing amino acids in Corynebacterium glutamicum

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-65

  Rey, Daniel Alexander ^a   Pühler, Alfred ^a   Kalinowski, Jörn ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corynebacterium glutamicum; Cysteine biosynthesis; Methionine biosynthesis; TetR type regulator

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DNA; GENES; METABOLISM; PROTEINS;

TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATORY PROTEINS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

ALKANESULFONIC ACID MONOOXYGENASE; CYSTEINE SYNTHASE; ENZYME; HOMOSERINE DEHYDROGENASE; METHIONINE; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; O ACETYLHOMOSERINE SULFHYDRYLASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SULFITE REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CODE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM;

EID: 0037723115     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1656(03)00073-7     Document Type: Article

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