Article
Characterization of the beta-ketoadipate pathway in Sinorhizobium meliloti.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Aug 2006
MacLean Allyson M, MacPherson Gordon, Aneja Punita, Finan Turlough M
Abstract excerpt
Aromatic compounds represent an important source of energy for soil-dwelling organisms. The beta-ketoadipate pathway is a key metabolic pathway involved in the catabolism of the aromatic compounds protocatechuate and catechol, and here we show through enzymatic analysis and mutant analysis that genes required for growth and catabolism of protocatechuate in the soil-dwelling bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti are...
Topics
- Adipates
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Bacterial Proteins
- Base Sequence
- Coenzyme A-Transferases
- Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
- Hydroxybenzoates
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Operon
- Protein Subunits
- Sinorhizobium meliloti