Proline is an important amino acid in terms of its biological functions and biotechnological
applications. In response to osmotic stress, proline is accumulated in many bacterial and …

Arabidopsis genes encoding enzymes for each of the eight steps in l-arginine (Arg)
synthesis were identified, based upon sequence homologies with orthologs from other …

Zebra Chip (ZC) is an emerging plant disease that causes aboveground decline of potato
shoots and generally results in unusable tubers. This disease has led to multi-million dollar …

Already very early, the study of microbial arginine biosynthesis and its regulation contributed
significantly to the development of new ideas and concepts. Hence, the term “repression” …

Abstract Pyrroline‐5‐carboxylate synthase (P5CS) is a bifunctional enzyme that exhibits
glutamate kinase (GK) and γ‐glutamyl phosphate reductase (GPR) activities. The enzyme is …

As the largest class of natural products, terpenoids (> 90,000) have multiple biological
activities and a wide range of applications (eg, pharmaceutical, agricultural, personal care …

Predicting protein–protein interfaces from a three‐dimensional structure is a key task of
computational structural proteomics. In contrast to geometrically distinct small molecule …

Early investigations on arginine biosynthesis brought to light basic features of metabolic
regulation. The most significant advances of the last 10 to 15 years concern the arginine …

ABSTRACT PII, one of the most conserved signal transduction proteins, is believed to be a
key player in the coordination of nitrogen assimilation and carbon metabolism in bacteria …

PII, a homotrimeric very ancient and highly widespread (bacteria, archaea, plants) key
sensor-transducer protein, conveys signals of abundance or poorness of carbon, energy …