Paracoccus denitrificans PD1222 utilizes hypotaurine via transamination followed by spontaneous desulfination to yield acetaldehyde and, finally, acetate for growth

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2921-2930

  Felux, Ann Katrin ^a   Denger, Karin ^a   Weiss, Michael ^a   Cook, Alasdair M ^a   Schleheck, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; ACETIC ACID; ALANINE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; AMMONIA; CELL EXTRACT; HYPOTAURINE; NITROGEN; SULFITE; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; DEAMINATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRANSAMINATION;

ACETALDEHYDE; ACETATES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TAURINE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS;

EID: 84880010198     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00307-13     Document Type: Article

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