Overexpression of halophilic serine hydroxymethyltransferase in fresh water cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC7942 results in increased enzyme activities of serine biosynthetic pathways and enhanced salinity tolerance

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 29-35

  Waditee Sirisattha, Rungaroon ^a,b   Kageyama, Hakuto ^a   Tanaka, Yoshito ^a   Fukaya, Minoru ^a   Takabe, Teruhiro ^a  

^a MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Halotolerant; Photorespiration; Salt stress; Serine; Serine hydroxymethyltransferase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; GLYCINE; GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE; SERINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FRESH WATER;

APHANOTHECE HALOPHYTICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FRESHWATER SPECIES; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORESPIRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SALT TOLERANCE; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS; TRANSFORMED CELL; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; FRESH WATER; GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SALT-TOLERANCE; SERINE; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 84979256587     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: 1432072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-016-1271-z     Document Type: Article

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