Escherichia coli glycogen metabolism is controlled by the PhoP-PhoQ regulatory system at submillimolar environmental Mg2+ concentrations, and is highly interconnected with a wide variety of cellular processes

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 424, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 129-141

  Montero, Manuel ^a   Eydallin, Gustavo ^a   Viale, Alejandro M ^a,b   Almagro, Goizeder ^a   Muñoz, Francisco J ^a   Rahimpour, Mehdi ^a   Sesma, María T ^a   Baroja Fernández, Edurne ^a   Pozueta Romero, Javier ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

AMP; Energy status; Keio collection; Mg2+; Stringent response

Indexed keywords

AMP; ENERGY STATUS; KEIO COLLECTION; MG2+; STRINGENT RESPONSE;

AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL CULTURE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; ORGANIC ACIDS; SULFUR;

METABOLISM;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CARBON; GLYCOGEN; IRON; MAGNESIUM ION; PHOP PROTEIN; PHOQ PROTEIN; SULFUR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CARBON METABOLISM; CELL STRESS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GLYCOGEN METABOLISM; IRON METABOLISM; KNOCKOUT GENE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REGULON; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLYCOGEN; MAGNESIUM; OPERON;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 70350668611     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20090980     Document Type: Article

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