The pobA gene of Burkholderia cenocepacia encodes a group I Sfp-type phosphopantetheinyltransferase required for biosynthesis of the siderophores ornibactin and pyochelin

Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 349-361

  Asghar, Atif H ^a,b   Shastri, Sravanthi ^a   Dave, Emma ^a,c   Wowk, Irena ^a   Agnoli, Kirsty ^a,d   Cook, Anne M ^a   Thomas, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UCB Group   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; COENZYME A; ENTEROCHELIN; ORNIBACTIN; PANTETHEINE PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOPANTETHEINYLTRANSFERASE; PYOCHELIN; SIDEROPHORE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; COENZYME; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NONRIBOSOMAL PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POBA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; IRON; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PHENOLS; SIDEROPHORES; THIAZOLES; TRANSFERASES (OTHER SUBSTITUTED PHOSPHATE GROUPS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79951474552     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.045559-0     Document Type: Article

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