Functional identification of novel genes involved in the glutathione-independent gentisate pathway in Corynebacterium glutamicum

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 3442-3452

  Shen, Xi Hui ^a   Jiang, Cheng Ying ^a   Huang, Yan ^a   Liu, Zhi Pei ^a   Liu, Shuang Jiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLONING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTAGENESIS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PROTEINS;

CATABOLISM; GENES ENCODING; GENTISATE; GLUTATHIONE;

GENES;

3 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; DNA FRAGMENT; FUMARYLPYRUVASE; GENTISATE 1,2 DIOXYGENASE; GENTISIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; MALEYLPYRUVATE ISOMERASE; OXYGENASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NCG 12918 GENE; NCG 12919 GENE; NCG 12920 GENE; NCG 12921 GENE; NCG 12922 GENE; NCG 12923 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CIS-TRANS-ISOMERASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; DIOXYGENASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENTISATES; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROLASES; HYDROXYBENZOIC ACIDS; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 22144441744     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.7.3442-3452.2005     Document Type: Article

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