Utilization of nitrogen sources other than amino acids

Parent categories	2. Metabolism 2.3. Amino acid/ nitrogen metabolism
Neighbouring categories	2.3.1. Biosynthesis/ acquisition of amino acids 2.3.2. Utilization of amino acids 2.3.3. Utilization of nitrogen sources other than amino acids 2.3.4. Putative amino acid transporter
Related categories	TnrA regulon
Overview on the categories (Excel file) All genes and their categories (Excel file)

Genes in this functional category

Utilization of nitrate/ nitrite

• nasA
• nasB
• nasC
• nasD
• nasE
• nasF

Utilization of urea

• ureA
• ureB
• ureC

Utilization of amino sugars

• frlB
• frlD
• frlM
• frlN
• frlO
• frlR
• yurJ

Utilization of peptides

• appB
• appC
• appD
• appF
• cstA
• dppA
• dppB
• dppC
• dppD
• dppE
• dtpT
• oppA
• oppB
• oppC
• oppD
• oppF
• papA
• papB
• pepT

• ykfD

Utilization of proteins

• aprE
• aprX
• bpr
• epr
• ispA
• mpr
• nprB
• nprE
• vpr

Important reviews

Víctor M Luque-Almagro, Andrew J Gates, Conrado Moreno-Vivián, Stuart J Ferguson, David J Richardson, M Dolores Roldán
Bacterial nitrate assimilation: gene distribution and regulation.
Biochem Soc Trans: 2011, 39(6);1838-43
[PubMed:22103536] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)