Involvement of PlsX and the acyl-phosphate dependent sn-glycerol-3- phosphate acyltransferase PlsY in the initial stage of glycerolipid synthesis in Bacillus subtilis

Genes and Genetic Systems

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 433-442

  Hara, Yoshinori ^a   Seki, Masahide ^a   Matsuoka, Satoshi ^a   Hara, Hiroshi ^a   Yamashita, Atsushi ^b   Matsumoto, Kouji ^a  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acyl phosphate; Bacillus subtilis; Glycerolipid synthesis; LPA; Lysophosphatidic acid; Phosphatidic acid; PlsX; PlsY; Sn glycerol 3 phosphate acyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ACYLPHOSPHATASE; CARBON 14; GENE PRODUCT; GLYCEROL; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE ACYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCEROLIPID; LYSOPHOSPHATIDIC ACID;

ACYLATION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CATALYSIS; CELL LABELING; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SYNTHESIS; GROWTH INHIBITION; LIPOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLSB GENE; PLSX GENE; PLSY GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ACYLATION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CELL MEMBRANE; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLYCEROL-3-PHOSPHATE O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPIDS; PLASMIDS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 63849202975     PISSN: 13417568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1266/ggs.83.433     Document Type: Article

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