Interrelations between glycine betaine catabolism and methionine biosynthesis in Sinorhizobium meliloti strain 102F34

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 7195-7204

  Barra, Lise ^a,b   Fontenelle, Catherine ^a   Ermel, Gwennola ^a   Trautwetter, Annie ^a   Walker, Graham C ^b   Blanco, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; BETAINE; BETAINE DERIVATIVE; BETAINE HOMOCYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; DIMETHYLSULFONIOPROPIONATE; HOMOBETAINE; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE; METHIONINE SYNTHASE; TRIGONELLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BMT GENE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GROWTH INHIBITION; METH GENE; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; WILD TYPE;

5-METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE-HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; ALKALOIDS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETAINE; BETAINE-HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; GENE DELETION; METHIONINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SULFONIUM COMPOUNDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 33749644161     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00208-06     Document Type: Article

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