title: Identification and characterization of the Myxococcus xanthus argE gene.
abstract: The chromosomal acetylornithine deacetylase (argE) gene of Myxococcus xanthus was identified via homology to acetylornithine deacetylases from other bacterial species. A mutant carrying a disruption in argE was unable to grow on minimal media lacking supplemental arginine and formed fruiting bodies and spores in response to arginine starvation at high cell density.
authors.affiliation: Section of Microbiology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California at Davis, Davis, California 95616, USA.
authors.forename: B Z
authors.initials: BZ
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Singer
mesh_terms: D000581:Amidohydrolases / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001120:Arginine / Q000096:biosynthesis; D001483:Base Sequence; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D016941:Myxococcus xanthus / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010641:Phenotype; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013171:Spores, Bacterial / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D001120:Arginine; D000581:Amidohydrolases; C018732:N-acetylornithine deacetylase