Lysine-2,3-Aminomutase and β-Lysine Acetyltransferase Genes of Methanogenic Archaea Are Salt Induced and Are Essential for the Biosynthesis of Nε-Acetyl-β-Lysine and Growth at High Salinity

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 6047-6055

  Pfluger K ^a   Baumann, S ^a   Gottschalk, G ^b   Lin, W ^c   Santos, H ^d   Muller V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; GENES;

COMPATIBLE SOLUTES;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ACYLTRANSFERASE; BETA LYSINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; LYSINE 2,3 AMINOMUTASE; LYSINE DERIVATIVE; MUTASE; N EPSILON ACETYL BETA LYSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABLA GENE; ABLB GENE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE ORDER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; METHANOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOSARCINA; METHANOSARCINA ACETIVORANS; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI; METHANOSARCINA MAZEI GO1; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; SALINITY; SALT STRESS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ARCHAEAL; GENES, ESSENTIAL; INTRAMOLECULAR TRANSFERASES; LYSINE; METHANE; METHANOCOCCUS; METHANOSARCINA; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARCHAEA; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCUS; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS; METHANOSARCINA ACETIVORANS; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI; METHANOSARCINA MAZEI GO1;

EID: 10744232046     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.10.6047-6055.2003     Document Type: Article

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