Ectoine biosynthesis in Mycobacterium smegmatis
| Autor: | Naomi Ofer, Alexander Speer, Michael Niederweis, Michael M. Meijler, Marina Wishkautzan, Ying Wang, Eyal Gur |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Předmět: |
chemistry.chemical_classification
Salinity Ecology biology Chemistry Mycobacterium smegmatis Mutant Amino Acids Diamino Ectoine Water-Electrolyte Balance biology.organism_classification Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Phenotype Microbiology Amino acid Ectoine biosynthesis chemistry.chemical_compound Biochemistry Osmotic Pressure Molecular mechanism Halotolerance Environmental Microbiology Food Science Biotechnology |
| Zdroj: | Applied and environmental microbiology. 78(20) |
| ISSN: | 1098-5336 |
| Popis: | Mycobacterium smegmatis is a commonly used mycobacterial model system. Here, we show that M. smegmatis protects itself against elevated salinity by synthesizing ectoine and hydroxyectoine and characterize the phenotype of a nonproducing mutant. This is the first analysis of M. smegmatis halotolerance and of the molecular mechanism that supports it. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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