Fatty acid cosubstrates provide β-oxidation precursors for rhamnolipid biosynthesis in pseudomonas aeruginosa, as evidenced by isotope tracing and gene expression assays

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 8611-8622

  Zhang, Lin ^a   Veres Schalnat, Tracey A ^a   Somogyi, Arpad ^a   Pemberton, Jeanne E ^a   Maiera, Raina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS GENES; CARBON SOURCE; CO-SUBSTRATE; COSUBSTRATES; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; ISOTOPE TRACING; LIPID CHAINS; METABOLIC PATHWAYS; OCTADECANOIC ACIDS; OXIDATION PATHWAY; OXIDATION PRECURSORS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHAMNOLIPIDS; SIMULTANEOUS USE; STABLE ISOTOPES; SUGAR DERIVATIVES;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; DEUTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE; LIPIDS; METABOLISM; OXIDATION; STEARIC ACID;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

FATTY ACID; GLYCOLIPID; ISOTOPE; RHAMNOLIPID;

BACTERIUM; FATTY ACID; GENE EXPRESSION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; ISOTOPE LABELING; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FATTY ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GLYCOLIPIDS; ISOTOPE LABELING; ISOTOPES; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84871008146     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02111-12     Document Type: Article

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