Glycine betaine biosynthesized from glycine provides an osmolyte for cell growth and spore germination during osmotic stress in Myxococcus xanthus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1467-1470

  Kimura, Yoshio ^a   Kawasaki, Shinji ^a   Yoshimoto, Hinae ^a   Takegawa, Kaoru ^a,b  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; GLYCINE; GLYCINE SARCOSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; SARCOSINE DIMETHYLGLYCINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CELL GROWTH; GENE DISRUPTION; MUTANT; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPORE GERMINATION; SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETAINE; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GLYCINE; GLYCINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPORES, BACTERIAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 77749254876     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01118-09     Document Type: Article

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