Asp578 in LEU4p is one of the key residues for leucine feedback inhibition release in sake yeast

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1270-1273

  Oba, Takahiro ^a   Nomiyama, Shuji ^a   Hirakawa, Hideki ^b   Tashiro, Kosuke ^b   Kuhara, Satoru ^b  

^a FUKUOKA INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

isopropyl malate synthase; 5,5,5 trifluoro DL leucine; Leucine feedback inhibition; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; ENZYMES; GENES; STRAIN;

LEUCINE FEEDBACK INHIBITION; MUTATION; SACCHROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

YEAST;

2 ISOPROPYLMALATE SYNTHASE; 5',5',5' TRIFLUOROLEUCINE; 5',5',5'-TRIFLUOROLEUCINE; ASPARTIC ACID; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LEUCINE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; TYROSINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIPLOIDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOIDY; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

2-ISOPROPYLMALATE SYNTHASE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ASPARTIC ACID; DIPLOIDY; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; GENOTYPE; HAPLOIDY; LEUCINE; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TYROSINE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRIFLUORO;

EID: 23944473673     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.69.1270     Document Type: Article

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