Tartronate semialdehyde reductase defines a novel rate-limiting step in assimilation and bioconversion of glycerol in Ustilago maydis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Liu, Yanbin ^a   Koh, Chong Mei John ^a   Sun, Longhua ^a   Ji, Lianghui ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXY 3 OXOPROPIONATE REDUCTASE; FUNGAL ENZYME; GLYCEROL; GLYCEROL UTILIZATION MUTANT 1; GLYCEROL UTILIZATION MUTANT 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2-HYDROXY-3-OXOPROPIONATE REDUCTASE; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; USTILAGO MAYDIS; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; USTILAGO;

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; BIOTRANSFORMATION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; GLYCEROL; KINETICS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MUTANT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; USTILAGO;

EID: 79551708337     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016438     Document Type: Article

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