Purine utilization by Klebsiella oxytoca M5al: Genes for ring-oxidizing and -opening enzymes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1006-1017

  Pope, Scott D ^a,b   Chen, Li Ling ^a   Stewart, Valley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; GUANINE DEAMINASE; HYPOXANTHINE; PURINE; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE; URATE; XANTHINE; XANTHINE DEHYDROGENASE; ALLANTOIC ACID; ALLANTOIN RACEMASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIOXYGENASE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GUANINE; ISOMERASE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; UREA; URIC ACID; XANTHINE DIOXYGENASE, ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CATALYSIS; HYDROXYLATION; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURINE METABOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ACINETOBACTER; BURKHOLDERIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; PSEUDOMONAS; SACCHAROMYCES; XANTHOMONAS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DIOXYGENASES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GUANINE; GUANINE DEAMINASE; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PURINES; RACEMASES AND EPIMERASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UREA; URIC ACID; XANTHINE; XANTHINE DEHYDROGENASE;

EID: 63449129765     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01281-08     Document Type: Article

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