Characterization of a unique mutant lysE gene, originating from Corynebacterium glutamicum, encoding a product that induces L-lysine production in Methylophilus methylotrophus

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2927-2934

  Gunji, Yoshiya ^a   Ito, Hisao ^a   Masaki, Haruhiko ^b   Yasueda, Hisashi ^a  

^a AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Excretion; L lysine production; LysE exporter; Methanol; Methylophilus methylotrophus

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METHANOL; MUTAGENESIS; POLYPEPTIDES; PROTEINS;

EXCRETION; L-LYSINE PRODUCTION; LYSE EXPORTER; METHYLOPHILUS METHYLOTROPHUS;

GENES;

BACTERIAL DNA; LYSINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHYLOPHILUS METHYLOTROPHUS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REPORTER GENE; START CODON; STOP CODON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CODON, INITIATOR; CODON, NONSENSE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; LYSINE; METHYLOPHILUS METHYLOTROPHUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; METHYLOBACILLUS; METHYLOBACILLUS GLYCOGENES; METHYLOPHILUS METHYLOTROPHUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 33845913550     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.60339     Document Type: Article

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