Gene Review:
mgsA - methylglyoxal synthase
Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655
Synonyms:
ECK0954, JW5129, mgs, yccG
- From famine to feast: the role of methylglyoxal production in Escherichia coli. Tötemeyer, S., Booth, N.A., Nichols, W.W., Dunbar, B., Booth, I.R. Mol. Microbiol. (1998)
- Biosynthesis of mannosylglycerate in the thermophilic bacterium Rhodothermus marinus. Biochemical and genetic characterization of a mannosylglycerate synthase. Martins, L.O., Empadinhas, N., Marugg, J.D., Miguel, C., Ferreira, C., da Costa, M.S., Santos, H. J. Biol. Chem. (1999)
- Mirroring perfection: the structure of methylglyoxal synthase complexed with the competitive inhibitor 2-phosphoglycolate. Saadat, D., Harrison, D.H. Biochemistry (2000)
- Identification of catalytic bases in the active site of Escherichia coli methylglyoxal synthase: cloning, expression, and functional characterization of conserved aspartic acid residues. Saadat, D., Harrison, D.H. Biochemistry (1998)
- Methylglyoxal production in bacteria: suicide or survival? Ferguson, G.P., Tötemeyer, S., MacLean, M.J., Booth, I.R. Arch. Microbiol. (1998)
- Application of sequential integration for metabolic engineering of 1,2-propanediol production in yeast. Lee, W., Dasilva, N.A. Metab. Eng. (2006)
- The crystal structure of methylglyoxal synthase from Escherichia coli. Saadat, D., Harrison, D.H. Structure (1999)