A role for EIIANtr in controlling fluxes in the central metabolism of E. coli K12

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Cell Research

Volumn 1833, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2879-2889

  Jahn, Susan ^a   Haverkorn van Rijsewijk, Bart R ^b   Sauer, Uwe ^b   Bettenbrock, Katja ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS OF COMPLEX TECHNICAL SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Metabolic control; Nitrogen PTS; Overflow metabolism; Phosphotransferase system

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBON 13; ENZYME IIA; GLUCOSE; MESSENGER RNA; MUTANT PROTEIN; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX; SUCCINIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBON METABOLISM; CARBON SOURCE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GLYCOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 84882798026     PISSN: 01674889     EISSN: 18792596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2013.07.011     Document Type: Article

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