HOMOSERINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE, INVOLVED IN THE LEPTOSPIRA-MEYERI METHIONINE BIOSYNTHETIC-PATHWAY, IS NOT FEEDBACK INHIBITED

Authors
BOURHY P MARTEL A MARGARITA D GIRONS IS BELFAIZA J
Citation
P. Bourhy et al., HOMOSERINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE, INVOLVED IN THE LEPTOSPIRA-MEYERI METHIONINE BIOSYNTHETIC-PATHWAY, IS NOT FEEDBACK INHIBITED, Journal of bacteriology, 179(13), 1997, pp. 4396-4398
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of bacteriology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00219193
Volume
179
Issue
13
Year of publication
1997
Pages
4396 - 4398
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9193(1997)179:13<4396:HOIITL>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
The Leptospira meyeri serovar semaranga metX gene was identified by co mplementation of an Escherichia hin coli metA mutant, i.e., devoid of homoserine O-succinyltransferase. However, the MetX protein exhibited a homoserine O-acetyltransferase activity in agreement with its simila rity to homoserine O-acetyltransferases. Reverse transcription-PCR ana lysis demonstrated that metX is the second gene of an operon.