The cmaR gene of Corynebacterium ammoniagenes performs a novel regulatory role in the metabolism of sulfur-containing amino acids

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1878-1889

  Lee, Seok Myung ^a   Hwang, Byung Joon ^b   Kim, Younhee ^c   Lee, Heung Shick ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Daesang Corporation   (South Korea)

^c Semyung University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYSTATHIONINE; CYSTATHIONINE BETA LYASE; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA SYNTHASE; CYSTEINE; CYSTEINE AND METHIONINE REGULATOR IN CORYNEBACTERIUM AMMONIAGENES PROTEIN; CYSTEINE SYNTHASE; MESSENGER RNA; METHIONINE; MICROORGANISM PROTEIN; PROTEIN CYSHDN; PROTEIN CYSIXYZ; PROTEIN MCBR; SULFUR AMINO ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; LYASE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SULFUR;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOSYNTHESIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM AMMONIAGENES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; UPREGULATION;

CORYNEBACTERIUM AMMONIAGENES; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CARBON-OXYGEN LYASES; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CYSTEINE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; METHIONINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SULFUR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 67650759673     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.024976-0     Document Type: Article

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