The γ-aminobutyric acid shunt contributes to closing the tricarboxylic acid cycle in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 786-796

  Xiong, Wei ^a,b   Brune, Daniel ^a   Vermaas, Wim F J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARATE DECARBOXYLASE; 2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBOXYLYASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; N ACETYLORNITHINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; SUCCINATE SEMIALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; SUCCINIC ACID; SUCCINIC SEMIALDEHYDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACETYLORNITHINE TRANSAMINASE; AMINOBUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNECHOCYSTIS; TRANSPORT KINETICS; WILD TYPE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE DELETION; METABOLIC FLUX ANALYSIS; METABOLISM;

CYANOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

AMINOBUTYRATES; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; GENE DELETION; METABOLIC FLUX ANALYSIS; SUCCINATE-SEMIALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; SUCCINIC ACID; SYNECHOCYSTIS; TRANSAMINASES;

EID: 84918792766     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12699     Document Type: Article

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