The fungal α-aminoadipate pathway for lysine biosynthesis requires two enzymes of the aconitase family for the isomerization of homocitrate to homoisocitrate

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1508-1530

  Fazius, Felicitas ^a   Shelest, Ekaterina ^a   Gebhardt, Peter ^a   Brock, Matthias ^a  

^a HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOADIPIC ACID; ACONITATE HYDRATASE; CITRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; HOMOCITRATE; HOMOISOCITRIC ACID; LYSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME INACTIVATION; FUNGUS MUTANT; ISOMERIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

2-AMINOADIPIC ACID; ACONITATE HYDRATASE; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FUNGI; LYSINE; TRICARBOXYLIC ACIDS;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 84870977339     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12076     Document Type: Article

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