Only one of the five Ralstonia solanacearum long-chain 3-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase homologues functions in fatty acid synthesis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1563-1573

  Cheng, Juanli ^a   Ma, Jincheng ^a   Lin, Jinshui ^a   Fan, Zhen Chuan ^b   Cronan, John E ^c   Wang, Haihong ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Obesita and Algaegen LLC   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL WILT; CARRIER PROTEINS; FATTY ACID BIOSYNTHESIS; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; MUTANT STRAIN; PHYTOPATHOGENIC BACTERIA; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM;

BIOCHEMISTRY; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); PALMITIC ACID;

GENE ENCODING;

FATTY ACID; HOLO (ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN) SYNTHASE; HOLO-(ACYL-CARRIER-PROTEIN) SYNTHASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID; MEMBRANE; PROTEIN; WILT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; FATTY ACIDS; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, ESSENTIAL; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFERASES (OTHER SUBSTITUTED PHOSPHATE GROUPS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM;

EID: 84863141782     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.07335-11     Document Type: Article

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