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ectoine synthase activity

Known as: EctC, N-acetyldiaminobutyrate dehydratase activity, N4-acetyl-L-2,4-diaminobutanoate hydro-lyase (L-ectoine-forming) activity 
Catalysis of the reaction: N(4)-acetyl-L-2,4-diaminobutyrate = ectoine + H(2)O. [EC:4.2.1.108, RHEA:17284]
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Review
2018
Review
2018
Role of the Extremolytes Ectoine and Hydroxyectoine as Stress Protectants and Nutrients: Genetics, Phylogenomics, Biochemistry, and Structural Analysis
Fluctuations in environmental osmolarity are ubiquitous stress factors in many natural habitats of microorganisms, as they… 
Highly Cited
2017
Highly Cited
2017
I-Wire Heart-on-a-Chip I: Three-dimensional cardiac tissue constructs for physiology and pharmacology.
Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
Cancer associated fibroblasts transfer lipids and proteins to cancer cells through cargo vesicles supporting tumor growth.
Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Determination of six sulfonamide antibiotics, two metabolites and trimethoprim in wastewater by isotope dilution liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry.
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Management of antibiotic residues from agricultural sources: use of composting to reduce chlortetracycline residues in beef manure from treated animals.
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Growth phase-dependent switch in osmolyte strategy in a moderate halophile: ectoine is a minor osmolyte but major stationary phase solute in Halobacillus halophilus.
The moderately halophilic, chloride-dependent bacterium Halobacillus halophilus switches its osmolyte strategy with the salinity… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Osmotically Induced Synthesis of the Compatible Solute Hydroxyectoine Is Mediated by an Evolutionarily Conserved Ectoine Hydroxylase*
By using natural abundance 13C NMR spectroscopy, we investigated the types of compatible solutes synthesized in a variety of… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Continuous Synthesis and Excretion of the Compatible Solute Ectoine by a Transgenic, Nonhalophilic Bacterium
ABSTRACT The compatible solute 1,4,5,6-tetrahydro-2-methyl-4-pyrimidinecarboxylic acid (ectoine) acts in microorganisms as an… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Characterization of the ectoine biosynthesis genes of haloalkalotolerant obligate methanotroph “Methylomicrobium alcaliphilum 20Z”
The genes involved in biosynthesis of the major compatible solute ectoine (1,4,5,6-tetrahydro-2-methylpyrimidine carboxylic acid… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Osmotically Regulated Synthesis of the Compatible Solute Ectoine in Bacillus pasteurii and Related Bacillus spp
ABSTRACT By using natural-abundance 13C-nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC… 
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