Regulatory functions of serine-46-phosphorylated HPr in Lactococcus lactis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 3391-3398

  Monedero, Vicente ^a,d   Kuipers, Oscar P ^c,e   Jamet, Emmanuel ^b   Deutscher, Josef ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALANINE; CARRIER PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN HPR; DEOXYGLUCOSE; GLUCOSE; MALTOSE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE; PROTEIN SERINE KINASE; RIBOSE; SERINE; THIOGLYCOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME REPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSIDES; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MALTOSE; MUTATION; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; PLASMIDS; RIBOSE;

EID: 0035026054     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.11.3391-3398.2001     Document Type: Article

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