Allosteric regulation of the partitioning of glucose-1-phosphate between glycogen and trehalose biosynthesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1850, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 13-21

  Asención Diez, Matías D ^a   Demonte, Ana M ^a   Syson, Karl ^b   Arias, Diego G ^a   Gorelik, Andrii ^b   Guerrero, Sergio A ^a   Bornemann, Stephen ^b   Iglesias, Alberto A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ADP glucose pyrophosphorylase; Glucose 6 phosphate; Glycogen synthase; Phosphoenolpyruvate; Trehalose 6 phosphate synthase; UDP glucose pyrophosphorylase

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; GLUCOSE 1 PHOSPHATE; GLUCOSE 1 PHOSPHATE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; GLYCOGEN; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE; TREHALOSE; TREHALOSE 6 PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE 1 PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUCOSE PHOSPHATE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TREHALOSE-6-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GLUCOSE-1-PHOSPHATE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATES; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GLYCOGEN; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE; KINETICS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TREHALOSE; UTP-GLUCOSE-1-PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE;

EID: 84928694825     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: 18728006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2014.09.023     Document Type: Article

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