Phenylalanine- and tyrosine-auxotrophic mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae impaired in transamination.

doi:10.1007/s004380050643

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Phenylalanine- and tyrosine-auxotrophic mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae impaired in transamination.

Molecular & general genetics : MGG - 1 Jan 1998

Urrestarazu A, Vissers S, Iraqui I, Grenson M

Abstract excerpt

This paper reports the first isolation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutants lacking aromatic aminotransferase I activity (aro8), and of aro8 and aro9 double mutants which are auxotrophic for both phenylalanine and tyrosine, because the second mutation, aro9 affects aromatic aminotransferase II. Ne...

Topics

Amino Acids
Ammonia
Culture Media
Fungal Proteins
Genes, Fungal
Isoenzymes
Kynurenine
Lyases
Phenotype
Phenylalanine
Phenylpyruvic Acids
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Substrate Specificity
Transaminases
Tyrosine
Urea

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