Mycobacterium tuberculosis possesses a functional enzyme for the synthesis of vitamin C, L-gulono-1,4-lactone dehydrogenase

FEBS Journal

Volumn 273, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 4435-4445

  Wolucka, Beata A ^a,c   Communi, David ^b  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Biosynthesis; L gulonolactone oxidase; Tuberculosis; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME C; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; GULONOLACTONE OXIDASE; OXYGEN; PHENAZINE METHOSULFATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; ELECTRON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME METABOLISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCORBIC ACID; L-GULONOLACTONE OXIDASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CAVIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 33748748451     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2006.05443.x     Document Type: Article

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