Mannosylglycerate is essential for osmotic adjustment in Thermus thermophilus strains HB27 and RQ-1

Extremophiles

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 833-840

  Alarico, Susana ^a   Empadinhas, Nuno ^a   Mingote, Ana ^b   Simões, Catarina ^a   Santos, Maria S ^a   Da Costa, Milton S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Compatible solutes; Mannosylglycerate; Mutants; Osmotic adjustment; Thermus thermophilus; Trehalose

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLYCERIC ACID; MANNOSE; MANNOSYL 3 PHOSPHOGLYCERATE SYNTHASE; MANNOSYL-3-PHOSPHOGLYCERATE SYNTHASE; MANNOSYLGLYCERATE; MANNOSYLTRANSFERASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TREHALOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATION; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GLYCERIC ACIDS; MANNOSE; MANNOSYLTRANSFERASES; MUTATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; TREHALOSE; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 35748948644     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-007-0106-x     Document Type: Article

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