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ArticleJournal of bacteriology2006

PII-regulated arginine synthesis controls accumulation of cyanophycin in Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803.

Mani Maheswaran, Karl Ziegler, Wolfgang Lockau, Martin Hagemann, Karl Forchhammer

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Article in Journal of bacteriology, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Mani MaheswaranInstitut für Mikrobiologie und Molekularbiologie, Justus-Liebig Universität Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, D-35392 Giessen, Germany.
Karl Ziegler
Wolfgang Lockau
Martin Hagemann
Karl Forchhammer
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin · DEUniversity of Giessen · DEUniversity of Rostock · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

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.

Indexed as

ArginineBacterial ProteinsPII Nitrogen Regulatory ProteinsPlant ProteinsSynechocystisTime FactorsArginineBacterial ProteinscyanophycinPII Nitrogen Regulatory ProteinsPlant Proteins

Identifiers

PMID16547064
PMCPMC1428389
OpenAlexW2121022208

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