Biochemical and genetic characterization of an early step in a novel pathway for the biosynthesis of aromatic amino acids and p-aminobenzoic acid in the archaeon Methanococcus maripaludis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1117-1131

  Porat, Iris ^a   Sieprawska Lupa, Magdalena ^a   Teng, Quincy ^a,c   Bohanon, Fredrick J ^a   White, Robert H ^b   Whitman, William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBENZOIC ACID; 6 DEOXY 5 KETOFRUCTOSE 1 PHOSPHATE; ACETIC ACID; AROMATIC AMINE; AROMATIC AMINO ACID; CHORISMIC ACID; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; PHENYLALANINE; PHOSPHATE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DRUG INHIBITION; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

4-AMINOBENZOIC ACID; ALDEHYDE-KETONE TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACIDS, AROMATIC; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; FRUCTOSE-BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; FRUCTOSEPHOSPHATES; METHANOCOCCUS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHENYLALANINE; PHOSPHORUS-OXYGEN LYASES;

ARCHAEA; METHANOCOCCI; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS;

EID: 33750458027     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05426.x     Document Type: Article

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