Pathway of γ-aminobutyrate metabolism in rhizobium leguminosarum 3841 and its role in symbiosis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2177-2186

  Prell, Jurgen ^a   Bourdés, Alexandre ^a   Karunakaran, Ramakrishnan ^a   Lopez Gomez, Miguel ^a   Poole, Philip ^a  

^a NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINO ACID; AMINOTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GABD1 PROTEIN; GABD2 PROTEIN; GABD3 PROTEIN; GABD4 PROTEIN; GABD5 PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; NITROGEN; PYRUVIC ACID; SUCCINATE SEMIALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSAMINATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

PISUM SATIVUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM BV. VICIAE 3841;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MUTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SUCCINATE-SEMIALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSAMINASES;

EID: 64049087438     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01714-08     Document Type: Article

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