Figure 4From: Regulation of osmoadaptation in the moderate halophile Halobacillus halophilus: chloride, glutamate and switching osmolyte strategiesThe ectoine operon of Halobacillus halophilus. The ectoine operon of Halobacillus halophilus comprises 3 genes encoding a diaminobutyric acid acetyltransferase (ectA), a diaminobutyrate-2-oxoglutarate transaminase (ectB) and an ectoine synthase (ectC). The reaction sequence that is catalyzed by the gene products is shown in Fig. 5.Back to article page