Mn2+-dependent amidinoaspartase in Pseudomonas putida.

Metabolism-dependent taxis and control of motility in Pseudomonas putida

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NtrC-dependent regulatory network for nitrogen assimilation in Pseudomonas putida.

Pseudomonas putida KT2440 is a model strain for studying bacterial biodegradation processes. However, very little is known about nitrogen regulation in this strain. Here, we show that the nitrogen regulatory NtrC proteins from P. putida and Escherichia coli are functionally equivalent and that substitutions leading to partially active forms of enterobacterial NtrC provoke the same phenotypes in...

cumA, a gene encoding a multicopper oxidase, is involved in Mn2+ oxidation in Pseudomonas putida GB-1.

Pseudomonas putida GB-1-002 catalyzes the oxidation of Mn2+. Nucleotide sequence analysis of the transposon insertion site of a nonoxidizing mutant revealed a gene (designated cumA) encoding a protein homologous to multicopper oxidases. Addition of Cu2+ increased the Mn2+-oxidizing activity of the P. putida wild type by a factor of approximately 5. The growth rates of the wild type and the muta...

Valerolactone from Levulinate in Pseudomonas putida KT2440

Myo-inositol transport system in Pseudomonas putida.

The kinetic features of the myo-inositol transport system in Pseudomonas putida are reported. The system is sensitive to osmotic shock, is not operative in membrane vesicles, and does not involved substrate phosphorylation. Line-weaver-Burk plots indicate the presence of two different systems, whose Kt are 5 micrometer and 0.43 mM and whose V max are 7.9 and 27 nml/mg per min, respectively. Tra...