L-lysine catabolism is controlled by L-arginine and ArgR in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 5874-5880

  Chou, Han Ting ^a   Hegazy, Mohamed ^b   Lu, Chung Dar ^a,c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; ARGININE; LYSINE; LYSINE DECARBOXYLASE; LYSINE DECARBOXYLASE A; NITROGEN; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; PYRUVIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CATABOLISM; CELL GROWTH; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENETIC CODE; ISOTOPE LABELING; LABELING INDEX; NONHUMAN; PH; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGULON; WILD TYPE;

ARGININE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBOXY-LYASES; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; LYSINE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 78049418343     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00673-10     Document Type: Article

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