The alternative D-galactose degrading pathway of Aspergillus nidulans proceeds via L-sorbose

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-44

  Fekete, Erzsébet ^a   Karaffa, Levente ^a   Sándor, Erzsébet ^b   Bányai, István ^a   Seiboth, Bernhard ^c   Gyémánt, Gyöngyi ^a   Sepsi, Adél ^a   Szentirmai, Attila ^a   Kubicek, Christian P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aspergillus nidulans; D Galactose; Galactitol; Galactokinase; Hexokinase; L Arabitol dehydrogenase; L Sorbose; Nitrogen source

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ARABITOL DEHYDROGENASE; GALACTITOL; GALACTOKINASE; GALACTOSE; HEXOKINASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SORBOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CATABOLISM; CELL LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOMASS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GALACTITOL; GALACTOSE; GENES, FUNGAL; HEXOKINASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MUTATION; NITRATES; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SORBOSE; SUGAR ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASES;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; GALE;

EID: 0742269407     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-003-0622-8     Document Type: Article

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