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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… Expand
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2017
2017
I-Wire Heart-on-a-Chip I: Three-dimensional cardiac tissue constructs for physiology and pharmacology.
Engineered 3D cardiac tissue constructs (ECTCs) can replicate complex cardiac physiology under normal and pathological conditions… Expand
2011
2011
Diversity and phylogeny of the ectoine biosynthesis genes in aerobic, moderately halophilic methylotrophic bacteria
The genes of ectoine biosynthesis pathway were identified in six species of aerobic, slightly halophilic bacteria utilizing… Expand
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2010
2010
Structural and functional features of methanotrophs from hypersaline and alkaline lakes
Ten strains of aerobic methanotrophic bacteria represented by halophilic neutrophiles or halotolerant alkaliphiles were isolated… Expand
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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.
Chlortetracycline (CTC) is one of only ten antibiotics licensed in the U.S.A. for use as growth promoters for livestock. The… Expand
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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… Expand
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… Expand
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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… Expand
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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… Expand
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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… Expand
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