Biosynthesis and functions of bacillithiol, a major low-molecular-weight thiol in Bacilli

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 6482-6486

  Gaballa, Ahmed ^a   Newton, Gerald L ^b   Antelmann, Haike ^c   Parsonage, Derek ^d   Upton, Heather ^e   Rawat, Mamta ^e   Claiborne, Al ^d   Fahey, Robert C ^b   Helmann, John D ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Glutaredoxin; Glutathione; Mycothiol; Thioredoxin

Indexed keywords

ACID; ACYLTRANSFERASE; BACILLITHIOL; BACILLITHIOL A; BACILLITHIOL B1; BACILLITHIOL B2; BACILLITHIOL C; BACILLITHIOL S TRANSFERASE; COG4365 PROTEIN; CYSTEINE DERIVATIVE; ELECTROPHILE; FOSFOMYCIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLGLYOXAL; METHYLGLYOXAL SYNTHETASE; MYCOTHIOL; OHRR PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPX PROTEIN; THIOL DERIVATIVE; THIOL:DISULFIDE OXIDOREDUCTASE; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NULL CELL; OPERON; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CYSTEINE; DISULFIDES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FOSFOMYCIN; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSAMINE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYLOGENY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACILLI (CLASS); BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 77950868171     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1000928107     Document Type: Article

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