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Isoleucine biosynthesis in Leptospira interrogans serotype lai strain 56601 proceeds via a threonine-independent pathway.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Aug 2004
Xu Hai, Zhang Yuzhen, Guo Xiaokui, Ren Shuangxi, Staempfli Andreas A, Chiao Juishen, Jiang Weihong, Zhao Guoping
Abstract excerpt
Three leuA-like protein-coding sequences were identified in Leptospira interrogans. One of these, the cimA gene, was shown to encode citramalate synthase (EC 4.1.3.-). The other two encoded alpha-isopropylmalate synthase (EC 4.1.3.12). Expressed in Escherichia coli, the citramalate synthase was purified and characterized. Although its activity was relatively low, it was strictly specific for pyruvate as the keto...
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