The nitrogen-regulated response regulator nrra controls cyanophycin synthesis and glycogen catabolism in the cyanobacterium synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 289, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2055-2071

  Liu, Deng ^a   Yang, Chen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM SYNECHOCYSTIS; CYANOPHYCIN; GLYCOGEN CATABOLISM; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; NITROGEN LIMITATION; RESPONSE REGULATORS; SYNECHOCYSTIS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL FACTORS;

NITROGEN;

METABOLISM;

ARGININE; ARGININOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; CYANOPHYCIN; DNA FRAGMENT; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCOGEN; GLYCOGEN PHOSPHORYLASE; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTIONAL FACTOR NRRA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BINDING SITE; BIOINFORMATICS; CARBON METABOLISM; CELL LEVEL; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC RECONSTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DELETION MUTANT; DNA BINDING MOTIF; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENOMICS; GLYCOGENOLYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULON; SYNECHOCYSTIS; UPREGULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BIOINFORMATICS; CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOPHYCIN SYNTHESIS; GLYCOGEN; NITROGEN LIMITATION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NRRA; SUGAR CATABOLISM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GLYCOGEN; GLYCOLYSIS; MUTATION; PII NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEINS; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; SYNECHOCYSTIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84893133905     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.515270     Document Type: Article

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