Osmotically induced synthesis of the dipeptide N-acetylglutaminylglutamine amide is mediated by a new pathway conserved among bacteria

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

Volumn 107, Issue 28, 2010, Pages 12652-12657

  Sagot, Brice ^a   Gaysinski, Marc ^b   Mehiri, Mohamed ^c   Guigonis, Jean Marie ^d   Le Rudulier, Daniel ^a   Alloing, Geneviève ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d Institut Fédératif de Recherche 50   (France)

Author keywords

GCN5 related N acetyltransferase; Glutamine amidotransferase; Osmotic stress; Peptide synthesis; Rhizobium

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; DIPEPTIDE; N ACETYLGLUTAMINYLGLUTAMINE AMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASNO GENE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL PROTECTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NGG GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOSIS; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

BACTERIA; DIPEPTIDES; GLUCURONIDASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OLIGOPEPTIDES; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 77955459128     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1003063107     Document Type: Article

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