Methanococci use the diaminopimelate aminotransferase (DapL) pathway for lysine biosynthesis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 3304-3310

  Liu, Yuchen ^a   White, Robert H ^b   Whitman, William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; AMINOTRANSFERASE; DIAMINOPIMELATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; DIAMINOPIMELIC ACID; LYSINE; PICOLINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TETRAHYDRODIPICOLINIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; METHANOCOCCALES; METHANOCOCCUS; METHANOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS; METHANOTHERMOBACTER THERMAUTOTROPHICUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PH; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DIAMINOPIMELIC ACID; LYSINE; METHANOCOCCUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; TRANSAMINASES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCALES; METHANOCOCCI; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS; METHANOTHERMOBACTER THERMAUTOTROPHICUS;

EID: 77954379663     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00172-10     Document Type: Article

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