Glutamate racemization and catabolism in Fusobacterium varium

FEBS Journal

Volumn 278, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2540-2551

  Ramezani, Mohammad ^a,b   Resmer, Kelly L ^a   White, Robert L ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Medical Science University   (Iran)

Author keywords

amino acids; anaerobic bacteria; Fusobacterium; isotopic labelling; racemase

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; DEXTRO AMINO ACID AMINOTRANSFERASE; DEXTRO GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; METHYLCROTONOYL COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE; N METHYLASPARTIC ACID; RACEMASE;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENANTIOMER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUSOBACTERIUM VARIUM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RACEMIZATION;

ACETIC ACID; AMINO ACID ISOMERASES; AMMONIA-LYASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BUTYRATES; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COBALT; COBAMIDES; FUSOBACTERIUM; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTARATES; INTRAMOLECULAR TRANSFERASES; KINETICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; N-METHYLASPARTATE; STEREOISOMERISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; FUSOBACTERIUM; FUSOBACTERIUM VARIUM;

EID: 79959977626     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2011.08179.x     Document Type: Article

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