Accumulation of homolanthionine and activation of a novel pathway for isoleucine biosynthesis in Corynebacterium glutamicum McbR deletion strains

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 609-618

  Krömer, Jens Olaf ^a   Heinzle, Elmar ^a   Schröder, Hartwig ^b   Wittmann, Christoph ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 OXOBUTANOATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CYSTATHIONINE BETA LYASE; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA SYNTHASE; CYSTEINE; CYSTEINE BIOSYNTHESIS REPRESSOR PROTEIN; HOMOLANTHIONINE; ISOLEUCINE; METHIONINE; O ACETYLHOMOSERINE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SULFATE; SYNTHETASE; THIONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME RELEASE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE DELETION; ISOTOPE LABELING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MCBR GENE; METABOLITE; METABOLOMICS; METB GENE; METC GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BUTYRIC ACIDS; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; GENE DELETION; HOMOCYSTINE; ISOLEUCINE; METHIONINE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM;

EID: 30744448213     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.2.609-618.2006     Document Type: Article

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