Glutamate metabolism

Proteins involved in glutamate metabolism

• Ammonium uptake: AmtB, GlnK
• Glutamine synthetase: GlnA
• Glutamate synthase: GltA, GltB
• Glutamate dehydrogenase: GudB, RocG
• Regulators: GlnR, GltC, TnrA

Relevant SubtiWiki pages

• TnrA regulon
• GlnR regulon
• GltC regulon

Labs studying glutamate metabolism

• Fabian Commichau, Göttingen, Germany
• Susan Fisher, Boston
• Linc Sonenshein, Boston
• Jörg Stülke, Göttingen

Important publications

Reviews

Fabian M Commichau, Jörg Stülke
Trigger enzymes: bifunctional proteins active in metabolism and in controlling gene expression.
Mol Microbiol: 2008, 67(4);692-702
[PubMed:18086213] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Abraham L Sonenshein
Control of key metabolic intersections in Bacillus subtilis.
Nat Rev Microbiol: 2007, 5(12);917-27
[PubMed:17982469] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Fabian M Commichau, Karl Forchhammer, Jörg Stülke
Regulatory links between carbon and nitrogen metabolism.
Curr Opin Microbiol: 2006, 9(2);167-72
[PubMed:16458044] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

S H Fisher
Regulation of nitrogen metabolism in Bacillus subtilis: vive la différence!
Mol Microbiol: 1999, 32(2);223-32
[PubMed:10231480] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)