A novel class of CoA-transferase involved in short-chain fatty acid metabolism in butyrate-producing human colonic bacteria

Microbiology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 179-185

  Charrier, Cédric ^a   Duncan, Gary J ^a   Reid, Martin D ^a   Rucklidge, Garry J ^a   Henderson, Donna ^a   Young, Pauline ^a   Russell, Valerie J ^a   Aminov, Rustam I ^a   Flint, Harry J ^a   Louis, Petra ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ACETIC ACID; ACETYL COENZYME A HYDROLASE; BACTERIUM LYSATE; BUTYRIC ACID; COENZYME A TRANSFERASE; ISOBUTYRIC ACID; PROPIONYL COENZYME A; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; VALERIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; CLOSTRIDIUM; COLON FLORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; ROSEBURIA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACYL COENZYME A; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BUTYRATES; COENZYME A-TRANSFERASES; FATTY ACIDS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; ROSEBURIA;

EID: 30744475708     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.28412-0     Document Type: Article

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