L-xylo-3-hexulose reductase is the missing link in the oxidoreductive pathway for D-galactose catabolism in filamentous fungi

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 31, 2012, Pages 26010-26018

  Mojzita, Dominik ^a   Herold, Silvia ^b   Metz, Benjamin ^b,c   Seiboth, Bernhard ^b   Richard, Peter ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; D-FRUCTOSE; D-GALACTOSE; D-SORBITOL; FILAMENTOUS FUNGI; GALACTITOL; HIGH SPECIFICITY; LELOIR PATHWAY; PURIFIED PROTEIN; TRICHODERMA REESEI;

ALCOHOLS; ASPERGILLUS; GENES; METABOLISM;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

GALACTITOL; GALACTOSE; LEVO XYLO 3 HEXULOSE REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HYPOCREA JECORINA; LXR4 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XHRA GENE;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GALACTOSE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HEXOSES; KETOSES; KINETICS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; NADP; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SORBITOL; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SUGAR ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRICHODERMA;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI; HYPOCREA JECORINA;

EID: 84864383662     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.372755     Document Type: Article

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