Identification and characterization of a strain-dependent cystathionine β/γ-lyase in Lactobacillus casei potentially involved in cysteine biosynthesis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 295, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-76

  Irmler, Stefan ^a   Schäfer, Heike ^a   Beisert, Beata ^b   Rauhut, Doris ^b   Berthoud, Hélène ^a  

^a AGROSCOPE LIEBEFELD POSIEUX RESEARCH STATION ALP   (Switzerland)

^b Forschungsanstalt Geisenheim   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cystathionine; Cystathionine lyase; Lactobacillus casei; Volatile sulfur compounds

Indexed keywords

CELL EXTRACT; CYSTATHIONINE BETA LYASE; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; CYSTEINE; GENE PRODUCT; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; SULFUR;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN VARIANT; PROTEOMICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA-LYASE; CYSTEINE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMOCYSTEINE; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LYASES; METHIONINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI ATCC 334; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 65449169998     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01580.x     Document Type: Article

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