The Rut pathway for pyrimidine degradation: Novel chemistry and toxicity problems

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 4089-4102

  Kim, Kwang Seo ^a   Pelton, Jeffrey G ^b,c   Inwood, William B ^a   Andersen, Ulla ^b,c   Kustu, Sydney ^a   Wemmer, David E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PYRIMIDINE; RUTA PROTEIN; RUTB PROTEIN; RUTC PROTEIN; RUTD PROTEIN; RUTE PROTEIN; RUTF PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARBON DIOXIDE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; MALONALDEHYDE; MALONIC SEMIALDEHYDE; NITROGEN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; URACIL;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PYRIMIDINE METABOLISM; RUTA GENE; RUTB GENE; RUTC GENE; RUTD GENE; RUTE GENE; RUTF GENE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SYNTHESIS; TOXICITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; RUTA;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; URACIL;

EID: 77955969370     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00201-10     Document Type: Article

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