A novel limb in the osmoregulatory network of Methanosarcina mazei Gö1: Nη-acetyl-β-lysine can be substituted by glutamate and alanine

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1056-1065

  Saum, Regina ^a   Mingote, Ana ^b   Santos, Helena ^b   Müller, Volker ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; ALANINE; BETAINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLUTAMIC ACID; LYSINE; LYSINE 2,3 AMINOMUTASE; LYSINE 2,3-AMINOMUTASE; MUTASE; N' ACETYL BETA LYSINE; N'-ACETYL-BETA-LYSINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARCHAEAL GENE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHANOSARCINA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ALANINE; BETAINE; GENE DELETION; GENES, ARCHAEAL; GLUTAMIC ACID; INTRAMOLECULAR TRANSFERASES; LYSINE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METHANOSARCINA; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

ARCHAEA; METHANOSARCINA; METHANOSARCINA MAZEI GO1; NETA;

EID: 65349191175     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01826.x     Document Type: Article

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