Enhancement of l-cysteine production by disruption of yciW in escherichia coli

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 176-179

  Kawano, Yusuke ^a   Ohtsu, Iwao ^a   Takumi, Kazuhiro ^b   Tamakoshi, Ai ^a   Nonaka, Gen ^b   Funahashi, Eri ^a   Ihara, Masaki ^c,d   Takagi, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CysB binding motif; Escherichia coli; In silico analysis; L Cysteine fermentation; YciW gene

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES;

BINDING MOTIF; IN-SILICO; L-CYSTEINE; METABOLIC GENES; OVER-EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATORS;

AMINO ACIDS;

CYSTEINE; GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE; METHIONINE; SULFATE; SULFITE; THIAMINE; THIOSULFATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYSB PROTEIN, BACTERIA; SULFUR; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CARBON SOURCE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REGULON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YCIW GENE; BINDING SITE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FERMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYSTEINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; REGULON; SULFUR; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84922619723     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: 13474421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2014.07.006     Document Type: Article

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