Riboswitch (T-box)-mediated control of tRNA-dependent amidation in Clostridium acetobutylicum rationalizes gene and pathway redundancy for asparagine and asparaginyl-tRNAAsn synthesis

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 20382-20394

  Saad, Nizar Y ^a   Schiel, Bettina ^b   Brayé, Mélanie ^a   Heap, John T ^c   Minton, Nigel P ^c   Dürre, Peter ^b   Becker, Hubert Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDOGENESIS; AMIDATION; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; GENETIC APPROACH; RIBOSWITCHES; SIMULTANEOUS USE; SOLVENTOGENESIS; SYNTHETASES; TRANSAMIDATION;

AMINO ACIDS; REDUNDANCY;

GENES;

AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARAGINE TRANSFER RNA; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMIDATION; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GATA GENE; GATB GENE; GATC GENE; GENE REDUDANCY; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; RIBOSWITCH; RNA SYNTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ASPARAGINE; ASPARTATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; RIBOSWITCH; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, TRANSFER, AMINO ACYL;

CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84862015362     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M111.332304     Document Type: Article

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