alpha-ketoglutarate levels in E.coli (grown at chemostat)

Range 0.1-0.9 mM
Organism Bacteria Escherichia coli
Reference Senior PJ. Regulation of nitrogen metabolism in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella aerogenes: studies with the continuous-culture technique. J Bacteriol. 1975 Aug123(2):407-18.PubMed ID238954
Method For a-ketoglutarate determination, a spectrofluorimetric method was used
Comments Under N-limiting conditions a-ketoglutarate accumulates up to 10mM (Boogerd et al., 2011 PMID 21134373 p.26 left column 3rd paragraph)
Entered by Uri M
ID 103887