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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]
National Institutes of Health

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2014
2014
Glass-forming property of hydroxyectoine is the cause of its superior function as a desiccation protectant
We were able to demonstrate that hydroxyectoine, in contrast to ectoine, is a good glass-forming compound. Fourier transform… Expand
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2012
Highly Cited
2012
Determination of six sulfonamide antibiotics, two metabolites and trimethoprim in wastewater by isotope dilution liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry.
A highly sensitive method for the analysis of six sulfonamide antibiotics (sulfadiazine, sulfathiazole, sulfapyridine… Expand
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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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2009
2009
Minimally managed composting of beef manure at the pilot scale: effect of manure pile construction on pile temperature profiles and on the fate of oxytetracycline and chlortetracycline.
Oxytetracycline (OTC) and chlortetracycline (CTC) are broad-spectrum antibiotics used in livestock production. Although… Expand
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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
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2008
2008
Heterologous ectoine production in Escherichia coli: By-passing the metabolic bottle-neck
Transcription of the ectoine biosynthesis genes ectA, ectB and ectC from Marinococcus halophilus in recombinant Escherichia coli… Expand
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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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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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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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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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