SO-LAAO, a novel L-amino acid oxidase that enables Streptococcus oligofermentans to outcompete Streptococcus mutans by generating H 2O2 from peptone

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 4716-4721

  Tong, Huichun ^a   Chen, Wei ^a,d   Shi, Wenyuan ^b   Qi, Fengxia ^c   Dong, Xiuzhu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Tarim University   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID OXIDASE; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; GLUTAMINE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; ISOLEUCINE; LYSINE; PEPTONE; SNAKE VENOM; SO LAAO; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGUS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SPECIES; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS OLIGOFERMENTANS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; ISOLEUCINE; L-AMINO ACID OXIDASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEPTONES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRYPTOPHAN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS OLIGOFERMENTANS;

EID: 46049104610     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00363-08     Document Type: Article

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