Seryl-phosphorylated HPr regulates CcpA-independent carbon catabolite repression in conjunction with PTS permeases in Streptococcus mutans

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1145-1158

  Zeng, Lin ^a   Burne, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CATABOLITE CONTROL PROTEIN A; CELLOBIOSE; FRUCTAN; HPR PROTEIN; LACTOSE; PERMEASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON; CARRIER PROTEIN; PHOSPHOCARRIER PROTEIN HPR; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CATABOLISM; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SUGAR TRANSPORT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENZYME REPRESSION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MISSENSE MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON; ENZYME REPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; PHOSPHORYLATION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 77349124258     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.07029.x     Document Type: Article

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