Isolated poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) granules are complex bacterial organelles catalyzing formation of PHB from acetyl coenzyme A (CoA) and degradation of PHB to acetyl-CoA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 8250-8256

  Uchino, Keiichi ^a,b   Saito, Terumi ^b   Gebauer, Birgit ^a   Jendrossek, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRYL ACETYL COENZYME A; ACETYL COENZYME A; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); PROTEIN PHAZA1; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL ORGANELLE; DEGRADATION KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEOMICS; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

ACETYL COENZYME A; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATALYSIS; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; ORGANELLES; POLYESTERS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR;

EID: 36549036251     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00752-07     Document Type: Article

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