The mcyF gene of the microcystin biosynthetic gene cluster from Microcystis aeruginosa encodes an aspartate racemase

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 373, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 909-916

  Sielaff, Heike ^a   Dittmann, Elke ^a   De Marsac, Nicole Tandeau ^b   Bouchier, Christiane ^b   Von Döhren, Hans ^c   Börner, Thomas ^a   Schwecke, Torsten ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspartate racemase; Cyanobacteria; Glutamate racemase; Microcystin; Microcystis aeruginosa; Non ribosomal peptide

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; ENZYMES;

GENE CLUSTERS;

GENES;

ASPARTATE RACEMASE; ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; FUNGAL ENZYME; GLUTAMIC ACID; NICKEL; NITRILOTRIACETIC ACID; PROTEIN MCYF; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC CODE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; MCYF GENE; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITE;

AMINO ACID ISOMERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; MICROCYSTINS; MICROCYSTIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA PCC 7806; NEGIBACTERIA; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 0042068174     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20030396     Document Type: Article

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