Replacement of isoleucine-47 by threonine in the HPr protein of Streptococcus salivarius abrogates the preferential metabolism of glucose and fructose over lactose and melibiose but does not prevent the phosphorylation of HPr on serine-46

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 695-705

  Gauthier, Martine ^a   Brochu, Denis ^a   Eltis, Lindsay D ^a   Thomas, Suzanne ^a   Vadeboncoeur, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; FRUCTOSE; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; ISOLEUCINE; LACTOSE; MANNOSE; PROTEIN KINASE; SERINE; THREONINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRESSOR GENE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; LACTOCOCCI; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS;

EID: 0030758250     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.4981870.x     Document Type: Article

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