Functional analysis of the response regulator DegU in Bacillus megaterium DSM319 and comparative secretome analysis of degSU mutants

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 699-711

  Borgmeier, Claudia ^a   Voigt, Birgit ^b   Hecker, Michael ^b   Meinhardt, Friedhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacillus megaterium; Degradative enzymes; DegSU; Extracellular proteome; Hypersecretion; Two component system

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; DEGRADATIVE ENZYMES; DEGSU; EXTRACELLULAR; HYPERSECRETION; TWO COMPONENT SYSTEMS;

BACILLI; CATALYSTS; CELL CULTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS;

BACTERIOLOGY;

AMYLASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LEVANSUCRASE; LEVANSUCRASE SACB; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEINASE; PROTEINASE VPR; PROTEINASE YWAD; REGULATOR PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN DEGSU; REGULATOR PROTEIN DEGU; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GEL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PEPTIDE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLASES; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUTATION; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEOME; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE DELETION;

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; OCTODON DEGUS;

EID: 79960701542     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3302-7     Document Type: Article

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