Pseudomonas aeruginosa PqsA is an anthranilate-coenzyme A ligase

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1247-1255

  Coleman, James P ^a   Hudson, L Lynn ^a   McKnight, Susan L ^a   Farrow III, John M ^a   Calfee, M Worth ^a   Lindsey, Claire A ^a   Pesci, Everett C ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANTHRANILIC ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BENZOIC ACID; COENZYME A; FATTY ACID; HISTIDINE; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID COENZYME A LIGASE; PROTEIN PQSA; QUINOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; POLYMERIZATION; POPULATION DENSITY; PQSA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTHRANILIC ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; COENZYME A; COENZYME A LIGASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUINOLONES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 38949155961     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01140-07     Document Type: Article

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