Aspergillus niger mstA encodes a high-affinity sugar/H+ symporter which is regulated in response to extracellular pH

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 379, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 375-383

  VanKuyk, Patricia A ^a,e   Diderich, Jasper A ^b,c,f   MacCabe, Andrew P ^d   Hererro, Oscar ^d   Ruijter, George J G ^a,g   Visser, Jaap ^a,h  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^g LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h Fungal Genetics and Technology Consultancy   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CreA; Filamentous fungus; Monosaccharide transport; PacC; Symport

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; DNA; FRUCTOSE; GENES; GLUCOSE; PH;

EXTRACELLULAR PH; FACILITATOR SUPERFAMILY; ISOGENIC REFERENCE STRAINS;

SUGAR (SUCROSE);

CARBON 14; COTRANSPORTER; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; MANNOSE; MONOSACCHARIDE; PROTON; SUGAR;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BINDING AFFINITY; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CELL PH; DNA LIBRARY; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CODE; ION TRANSPORT; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PH MEASUREMENT; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MONOSACCHARIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SYMPORTERS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 2342540411     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20030624     Document Type: Article

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