Functional γ-aminobutyrate shunt in listeria monocytogenes: Role in acid tolerance and succinate biosynthesis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 74-80

  Feehily, Conor ^a   O'Byrne, Conor P ^a   Karatzas, Kimon Andreas G ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID STRESS; ACID TOLERANCE; ACIDIC CONDITIONS; AMINOTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL GENUS; CAUSATIVE AGENTS; CRUDE PROTEINS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME REACTION; EXTRACELLULAR; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE SYSTEMS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; METABOLIC CAPACITIES; MONOCYTOGENES; SEMIALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID CYCLE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENES; METABOLISM; PATHOGENS; PROTEINS;

LISTERIA;

AMINOBUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; SUCCINIC ACID;

ACID; BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; GENETICS; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; METABOLISM;

AMINOBUTYRATES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; SUCCINIC ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES EGD-E;

EID: 84871860184     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02184-12     Document Type: Article

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