Potassium transport in corynebacterium glutamicum is facilitated by the putative channel protein CglK, which is essential for pH homeostasis and growth at acidic pH

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2944-2952

  Follmann, Martin ^a   Becker, Markus ^a   Ochrombel, Ines ^a   Ott, Vera ^a   Krämer, Reinhard ^a   Marin, Kay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; ACID;

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; HOMEOSTASIS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PH; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM;

ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; CYTOPLASM; GENE DELETION; HOMEOSTASIS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS;

EID: 65549164869     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00074-09     Document Type: Article

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