Regulation of nitrogen metabolism in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: A comparison with mechanisms in Corynebacterium glutamicum and Streptomyces coelicolor

IUBMB Life

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 643-650

  Harper, Catriona ^a   Hayward, Don ^a   Wiid, Ian ^a   Van Helden, Paul ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Corynebacterium glutamicum; Glutamine synthetase; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Nitrogen metabolism; Signaling cascade; Streptomyces coelicolor; Transcriptional regulator

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMINE; NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NITROGEN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMICS; METABOLIC REGULATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NITROGEN UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTINOMYCETALES; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NITROGEN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 58149202834     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iub.100     Document Type: Review

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