Role and function of LitR, an adenosyl B12-bound light-sensitive regulator of Bacillus megaterium QM B1551, in regulation of carotenoid production

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 197, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 2301-2315

  Takano, Hideaki ^a   Mise, Kou ^a   Hagiwara, Kenta ^a   Hirata, Naoya ^a   Watanabe, Shoko ^a   Toriyabe, Minami ^a   Shiratori Takano, Hatsumi ^a   Ueda, Kenji ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; ADENOSYL B12 PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CAROTENOID; COBALAMIN; HOLOENZYME; LIGHT SENSITIVE REGULATOR PROTEIN; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA 16S; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; COBAMAMIDE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; PROTEIN BINDING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CELLULOSILYTICUS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS PSEUDOFIRMUS; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DISRUPTION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LACTOBACILLUS LEICHMANNII; LYSINIBACILLUS SPHAERICUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RESTRICTION SITE; STOP CODON; CHEMISTRY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CAROTENOIDS; COBAMIDES; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LIGHT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 84932128466     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.02528-14     Document Type: Article

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