| Literature DB >> 16547064 |
Mani Maheswaran1, Karl Ziegler, Wolfgang Lockau, Martin Hagemann, Karl Forchhammer.
Abstract
Cyanophycin (multi-L-arginyl-poly-L-aspartic acid) is a nitrogen storage polymer found in most cyanobacteria and some heterotrophic bacteria. The cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803 accumulates cyanophycin following a transition from nitrogen-limited to nitrogen-excess conditions. Here we show that the accumulation of cyanophycin depends on the activation of the key enzyme of arginine biosynthesis, N-acetyl-L-glutamate kinase, by signal transduction protein PII.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16547064 PMCID: PMC1428389 DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.7.2730-2734.2006
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490