Lmo0036, an ornithine and putrescine carbamoyltransferase in Listeria monocytogenes, participates in arginine deiminase and agmatine deiminase pathways and mediates acid tolerance

Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3150-3161

  Chen, Jianshun ^a   Cheng, Changyong ^a   Xia, Ye ^a   Zhao, Hanxin ^a   Fang, Chun ^a   Shan, Ying ^a   Wu, Beibei ^b   Fang, Weihuan ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ARGININE DEIMINASE; LMO 0036; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; PUTRESCINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACID TOLERANCE; AMMONIA FORMATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOCATALYSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GROWTH INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH JUICE;

ACIDS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BIOGENIC AMINES; CARBOXYL AND CARBAMOYL TRANSFERASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLASES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 80155150792     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.049619-0     Document Type: Article

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