Biochemical Properties of Ectoine Hydroxylases from Extremophiles and Their Wider Taxonomic Distribution among Microorganisms

Biosynthesis of the Osmoprotectant Ectoine, but Not Glycine Betaine, Is Critical for Survival of Osmotically Stressed Vibrio parahaemolyticus Cells

(2013) S. Y. Ongagna-Yhombi et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Synthesis and release of the bacterial compatible solute 5-hydroxyectoine in Hansenula polymorpha

(2013) Eva Eilert et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Structure-Guided Mutagenesis Provide Insight into the Architecture of the Catalytic Core of the Ectoine Hydroxylase

(2013) Nils Widderich et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Imposing function down a (cupin)-barrel: secondary structure and metal stereochemistry in the αKG-dependent oxygenases

(2013) John A. Hangasky et al.   Metallomics

Systems metabolic engineering of Corynebacterium glutamicum for production of the chemical chaperone ectoine

(2013) Judith Becker et al.   Microbial Cell Factories

The genome portal of the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute: 2014 updates

(2013) Henrik Nordberg et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Horizontal gene transfer and the evolution of bacterial and archaeal population structure

(2013) Martin F. Polz et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Temperature- and Salinity-Decoupled Overproduction of Hydroxyectoine by Chromohalobacter salexigens

(2012) Javier Rodríguez-Moya et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Ectoine-mediated protection of enzyme from the effect of pH and temperature stress: a study using Bacillus halodurans xylanase as a model

(2012) Doan Van-Thuoc et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Role of EctR as transcriptional regulator of ectoine biosynthesis genes in Methylophaga thalassica

(2012) I. I. Mustakhimov et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY-MOSCOW

Role of the jelly-roll fold in substrate binding by 2-oxoglutarate oxygenases

(2012) WeiShen Aik et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

The transcriptional regulator, CosR, controls compatible solute biosynthesis and transport, motility and biofilm formation inVibrio cholerae

(2012) Nicholas J. Shikuma et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Osmotic Control of opuA Expression in Bacillus subtilis and Its Modulation in Response to Intracellular Glycine Betaine and Proline Pools

(2012) T. Hoffmann et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Complete Genome Sequence of Paenibacillus strain Y4.12MC10, a Novel Paenibacillus lautus strain Isolated from Obsidian Hot Spring in Yellowstone National Park

(2012) David A. Mead et al.   Standards in Genomic Sciences

Overcoming Fluctuation and Leakage Problems in the Quantification of Intracellular 2-Oxoglutarate Levels in Escherichia coli

(2011) Dalai Yan et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Unexpected property of ectoine synthase and its application for synthesis of the engineered compatible solute ADPC

(2011) Elisabeth M. H. J. Witt et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Diversity and phylogeny of the ectoine biosynthesis genes in aerobic, moderately halophilic methylotrophic bacteria

(2011) Alexander S. Reshetnikov et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

A Specialized Aspartokinase Enhances the Biosynthesis of the Osmoprotectants Ectoine and Hydroxyectoine in Pseudomonas stutzeriA1501

(2011) N. Stoveken et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Ectoine and Hydroxyectoine as Protectants against Osmotic and Cold Stress: Uptake through the SigB-Controlled Betaine-Choline- Carnitine Transporter-Type Carrier EctT from Virgibacillus pantothenticus

(2011) A. U. Kuhlmann et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Interactive Tree Of Life v2: online annotation and display of phylogenetic trees made easy

(2011) I. Letunic et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Bacterial Osmoregulation: A Paradigm for the Study of Cellular Homeostasis

(2010) Janet M. Wood   Annual Review of Microbiology

Natural and Engineered Hydroxyectoine Production Based on thePseudomonas stutzeri ectABCD-askGene Cluster

(2010) Britta Seip et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Genome-Driven Investigation of Compatible Solute Biosynthesis Pathways of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae and Their Contribution to Water Stress Tolerance

(2010) M. Kurz et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Ectoines in cell stress protection: Uses and biotechnological production

(2010) José M. Pastor et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

Synthesis of 5-Hydroxyectoine from Ectoine: Crystal Structure of the Non-Heme Iron(II) and 2-Oxoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenase EctD

(2010) Klaus Reuter et al.   PLoS One

Insight into the mechanism of an iron dioxygenase by resolution of steps following the FeIVboxHO species

(2010) P. K. Grzyska et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Distinct gene set in two different lineages of ammonia-oxidizing archaea supports the phylum Thaumarchaeota

(2010) Anja Spang et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Identification and Characterization of EctR1, a New Transcriptional Regulator of the Ectoine Biosynthesis Genes in the Halotolerant Methanotroph Methylomicrobium alcaliphilum 20Z

(2009) I. I. Mustakhimov et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Cohesion Group Approach for Evolutionary Analysis of Aspartokinase, an Enzyme That Feeds a Branched Network of Many Biochemical Pathways

(2009) C.-C. Lo et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Complete genome sequence of Kytococcus sedentarius type strain (541T)

(2009) David Sims et al.   Standards in Genomic Sciences

Synthesis and Uptake of the Compatible Solutes Ectoine and 5-Hydroxyectoine by Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) in Response to Salt and Heat Stresses

(2008) J. Bursy et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Synthesis of the Compatible Solute Ectoine in Virgibacillus pantothenticus Is Triggered by High Salinity and Low Growth Temperature

(2008) A. U. Kuhlmann et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The multifunctional role of ectoine as a natural cell protectant

(2008) Ruediger Graf et al.   CLINICS IN DERMATOLOGY

Nitrogen fixation island and rhizosphere competence traits in the genome of root-associated Pseudomonas stutzeri A1501

(2008) Y. Yan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA