Control of glutamate homeostasis in Bacillus subtilis: A complex interplay between ammonium assimilation, glutamate biosynthesis and degradation

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 213-224

  Gunka, Katrin ^a   Commichau, Fabian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON; CHAPERONE; DNA; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; NITROGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CARBON METABOLISM; DNA BINDING; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GOGAT GENE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REPRESSOR GENE; REVIEW;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUTAMIC ACID; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84863594395     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08105.x     Document Type: Review

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