Using a genome-scale metabolic model of Enterococcus faecalis V583 to assess amino acid uptake and its impact on central metabolism

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1622-1633

  Veith, Nadine ^a   Solheim, Margrete ^b   van Grinsven, Koen W A ^c   Olivier, Brett G ^d   Levering, Jennifer ^a,e   Grosseholz, Ruth ^a   Hugenholtz, Jeroen ^c   Holo, Helge ^b   Nes, Ingolf ^b   Teusink, Bas ^d   Kummer, Ursula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d AMSTERDAM INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULES   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; BACILLI; GENES; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEINS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS; GENOME SCALE METABOLIC MODEL; GLUTAMINE SYNTHETASE; MAINTENANCE PARAMETERS; PATHOGENIC BACTERIUM;

METABOLISM;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMOSTAT; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; MODEL VALIDATION; MUTATION;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

AMINO ACID;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLIC FLUX ANALYSIS; METABOLISM;

AMINO ACIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; METABOLIC FLUX ANALYSIS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84922927782     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03279-14     Document Type: Article

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