Why does Escherichia coli grow more slowly on glucosamine than on N-acetylglucosamine? Effects of enzyme levels and allosteric activation of GlcN6P deaminase (NagB) on growth rates

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2974-2982

  Álvarez Añorve, Laura I ^a,b   Calcagno, Mario L ^b   Plumbridge, Jacqueline ^a,c  

^a INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c NONE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSAMINE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE 6 PHOSPHATE DEAMINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBON SOURCE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH RATE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUGAR TRANSPORT; WILD TYPE;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; ALDOSE-KETOSE ISOMERASES; ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; AMIDOHYDROLASES; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BINDING SITES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENZYME INDUCTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSAMINE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 17644396319     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.9.2974-2982.2005     Document Type: Article

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