The doubly phosphorylated form of HPr, HPr(Ser-P)(His∼P), is abundant in exponentially growing cells of Streptococcus thermophilus and phosphorylates the lactose transporter LacS as efficiently as HPr(His∼P)

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1364-1372

  Cochu, Armelle ^a   Roy, Denis ^a   Vaillancourt, Katy ^a   LeMay, Jean Dominique ^a   Casabon, Israël ^a   Frenette, Michel ^a   Moineau, Sylvain ^a   Vadeboncoeur, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; HYDROPHILICITY; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEINS;

LACTOSE; MEMBRANE TRANSLOCATOR DOMAIN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM (PTS);

GROWTH KINETICS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HISTIDINE; LACTOSE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN HPR; PROTEIN LACS; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; METABOLISM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL GROWTH; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HISTIDINE; KINETICS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; PHOSPHORYLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERINE; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 15444365483     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.3.1364-1372.2005     Document Type: Article

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