Cloning and expression of Pseudomonas taetrolens Y-30 gene encoding glutamine synthetase: An enzyme available for theanine production by coupled fermentation with energy transfer

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 500-507

  Yamamoto, Sachiko ^a   Wakayama, Mamoru ^a   Tachiki, Takashi ^a  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Baker's yeast; Coupled fermentation with energy transfer; Glutamine synthetase; Pseudomonas taetrolens Y 30; Theanine

Indexed keywords

CLONING; ENERGY TRANSFER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENES; YEAST;

BAKER'S YEAST; COUPLED FERMENTATION WITH ENERGY TRANSFER; GLUTAMINE SYNTHETASE; PSEUDOMONAS TAETROLENS Y-30; THEANINE;

ENZYMES;

GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; THEANINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENZYMOLOGY; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PSEUDOMONAS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ENERGY TRANSFER; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PSEUDOMONAS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TOMATO; PSEUDOMONAS TAETROLENS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 33344463097     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.70.500     Document Type: Article

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