Glutamate metabolism

Proteins involved in glutamate metabolism

Transport systems

• Ammonium uptake: AmtB, GlnK
• Glutamine uptake GlnQ-(GlnM-GlnP)-GlnH
• Glutamine uptake GlnT
• Glutamate uptake: GltT

Metabolic enzymes

• Glutamine synthetase: GlnA
• Glutamate synthase: GltA, GltB
• Glutamate dehydrogenase: GudB, RocG

Regulators

• Regulators: GlnR, GltC, TnrA

Relevant SubtiWiki pages

• TnrA regulon
• GlnR regulon
• GltC regulon
• AhrC regulon
• RocR regulon

Labs studying glutamate metabolism

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