A novel amidotransferase required for lipoic acid cofactor assembly in Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 350-363

  Christensen, Quin H ^a   Martin, Natalia ^b   Mansilla, Maria C ^b   de Mendoza, Diego ^b   Cronan, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; GCVH PROTEIN; LIPB PROTEIN; LIPL PROTEIN; THIOCTIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMIDATION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; LIPOYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX; THIOCTIC ACID;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 79954422712     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07598.x     Document Type: Article

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