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Plasmid-mediated histamine biosynthesis in the bacterial fish pathogen Vibrio anguillarum.
Plasmid - 1 Jan 1998
Barancin C E, Smoot J C, Findlay R H, Actis L A
Abstract excerpt
Histamine production in bacteria-contaminated fish is the result of the presence of bacterial histidine decarboxylase activity, which converts histidine present in muscle proteins to histamine. The fish pathogen Vibrio anguillarum harbors a plasmid-encoded histidine decarboxylase gene (angH) that is essential for biosynthesis of the siderophore anguibactin. However, the role of angH in histamine biosynthesis by...
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