The IRC7 gene encodes cysteine desulphydrase activity and confers on yeast the ability to grow on cysteine as a nitrogen source

Yeast

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 519-532

  Santiago, Margarita ^a   Gardner, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aminotransferase; Cystathionine lyase; Cysteine homeostasis; Hydrogen sulphide; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Varietal thiols

Indexed keywords

CYSTATHIONINE; CYSTEINE; CYSTEINE CONJUGATE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; METHIONINE; NITROGEN; S ETHYLCYSTEINE; THIOL; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; PYRUVIC ACID; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN;

AROMA; ARTICLE; FUNGAL METABOLISM; GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; IRC7 GENE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST CELL; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CULTURE MEDIA; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA-LYASE; CYSTEINE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; NITROGEN; PYRUVIC ACID; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84937191365     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: 10970061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/yea.3076     Document Type: Article

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