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alpha-Aminoadipate aminotransferase from an extremely thermophilic bacterium, Thermus thermophilus.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Jul 2004
Miyazaki Takashi, Miyazaki Junichi, Yamane Hisakazu, Nishiyama Makoto
Abstract excerpt
The extremely thermophilic bacterium Thermus thermophilus HB27 synthesizes lysine through alpha-aminoadipate (AAA). In this study, a T. thermophilus gene encoding the enzyme that catalyses transamination of AAA was cloned as a mammalian kynurenine/AAA aminotransferase (Kat2) gene homologue. A T. thermophilus mutant with disruption of the Kat2 homologue required a longer lag phase for growth and showed slower...
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