Characterization of the oat1 gene of Penicillium chrysogenum encoding an ω-aminotransferase: Induction by L-lysine, L-ornithine and L-arginine and repression by ammonium

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 274, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 283-294

  Naranjo, Leopoldo ^a,c   Lamas Maceiras, Mònica ^b   Ullán, Ricardo V ^a   Campoy, Sonia ^a   Teijeira, Fernando ^a   Casqueiro, Javier ^a,b   Martín, Juan F ^a,b  

^a Institute of Biotechnology INBIOTEC Parque Científico de León   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^c Fundacion Instituto de Estudios Avanzados IDEA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Aminotransferase; 2 Amino adipic acid; oat1; Penicillin biosynthesis; Penicillium chrysogenum

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMMONIA; ARGININE; CEPHAMYCIN; LYSINE; ORNITHINE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION;

2-AMINOADIPIC ACID; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARGININE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; INTRONS; LYSINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; ORNITHINE; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSAMINASES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMERICELLA; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 26944493729     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-005-0019-2     Document Type: Article

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