Rickettsia prowazekii uses an sn-glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and a novel dihydroxyacetone phosphate transport system to supply triose phosphate for phospholipid biosynthesis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 4281-4288

  Frohlich, Kyla M ^a   Roberts, Rosemary A W ^a   Housley, Nicole A ^a   Audia, Jonathon P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL EXTRACT; DIHYDROXYACETONE PHOSPHATE; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHOLIPID; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; PHOSPHATE; TRIOSE;

ARTICLE; CYTOSOL; EGG YOLK; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLYCOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PAPER CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHOSPHOLIPID SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DIHYDROXYACETONE PHOSPHATE; GLYCEROLPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; TRIOSES;

EID: 77956535302     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00443-10     Document Type: Article

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