γ-Glutamylmethylamide is an essential intermediate in the metabolism of methylamine by Methylocella silvestris

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 4530-4537

  Chen, Yin ^a   Scanlan, Julie ^a   Song, Lijiang ^b   Crombie, Andrew ^a   Rahman, M Tanvir ^a   Schäfer, Hendrik ^a   Murrell, J Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID PATHWAY; GENE CLUSTERS; GENE HOMOLOGUES; KANAMYCINS; KETOGLUTARATE; KEY ENZYMES; MEMBRANE FRACTION; NITROGEN SOURCES; PROTEOMES; PROTEOMIC ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; SOLE CARBON; SYNTHETASES;

AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; METHANE; METHANOL; ORGANIC ACIDS;

TRANSCRIPTION;

GAMMA-GLUTAMYLMETHYLAMIDE; GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GLUTAMYLMETHYLAMIDE; LIGASE; METHYLAMINE; N METHYLGLUTAMIC ACID; N-METHYLGLUTAMATE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; METHANOTROPHY; ORGANIC FARMING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTICLE; BEIJERINCKIACEAE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROTEOMICS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BEIJERINCKIACEAE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMATES; LIGASES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHYLAMINES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PROTEOMICS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHYLOCELLA SILVESTRIS;

EID: 77954251726     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00739-10     Document Type: Article

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