Transcription of sialic acid catabolism genes in Corynebacterium glutamicum is subject to catabolite repression and control by the transcriptional repressor NanR

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 198, Issue 16, 2016, Pages 2204-2218

  Uhde, Andreas ^a   Brühl, Natalie ^a   Goldbeck, Oliver ^a,b   Matano, Christian ^c   Gurow, Oksana ^b   Rückert, Christian ^c,d   Marin, Kay ^a,e   Wendisch, Volker F ^c   Krämer, Reinhard ^a   Seibold, Gerd M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEAMINASE; EPIMERASE; FRUCTOSE; FRUCTOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; GLUCOSAMINE 6 PHOSPHATE DEAMINASE; GLUCOSE; LYASE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE 6 PHOSPHATE DEACETYLASE; N ACETYLMANNOSAMINE 6 PHOSPHATE EPIMERASE; N ACETYLMANNOSAMINE KINASE; N ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; N ACETYLNEURAMINIC LYASE; NANR PROTEIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SIALIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2-ACETAMIDO-2-DEOXY-MANNOSE-6-PHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GLUCOSAMINE; MANNOSE PHOSPHATE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE 6-PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN BINDING;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; DELETION MUTANT; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INDUCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; METABOLIC REGULATION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NAGAB GENE; NANAKE GENE; NANR GENE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REPORTER GENE; SIAEFGI GENE; WILD TYPE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; DOWN REGULATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSAMINE; MANNOSEPHOSPHATES; METABOLISM; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 84982843299     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00820-15     Document Type: Article

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