FolX and FolM are essential for tetrahydromonapterin synthesis in Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 475-482

  Pribat, Anne ^a   Blaby, Ian K ^a   Lara Núñez, Aurora ^b   Gregory III, Jesse F ^b   De Crécy Lagard, Valérie ^a   Hanson, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; FOLM PROTEIN; FOLX PROTEIN; PHENYLALANINE 4 MONOOXYGENASE; PROTEIN; PTERIN DERIVATIVE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; TETRAHYDROMONAPTERIN; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FOLIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; NEOPTERIN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PTERINS; RACEMASES AND EPIMERASES; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 73649126177     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01198-09     Document Type: Article

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