L-methionine degradation pathway in Kluyveromyces lactis: Identification and functional analysis of the genes encoding L-methionine aminotransferase

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 3330-3335

  Kagkli, Dafni Maria ^a,b,c   Bonnarme, Pascal ^b   Neuvéglise, Cécile ^c   Cogan, Timothy M ^a   Casaregola, Serge ^c  

^a ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b Université Paris Saclay   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CLONING; ENZYMES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; YEAST;

GENES ENCODING; HOMOLOGY; METHANETHIOL; PLASMID;

GENES;

AMINOTRANSFERASE; METHANETHIOL; METHIONINE; METHIONINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CLONE; DEGRADATION; GENE; PLASMID; YEAST;

ARTICLE; CHEESE RIPENING; CLONING VECTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; KIARO8.1 GENE; KIARO8.2 GENE; KLUYVEROMYCES; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VECTOR PCXJ10;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLUYVEROMYCES; METHIONINE; PLASMIDS; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TRANSAMINASES; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; VOLATILIZATION;

KLUYVEROMYCES LACTIS;

EID: 33646537135     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.5.3330-3335.2006     Document Type: Article

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