Malate-mediated carbon catabolite repression in Bacillus subtilis involves the HPrK/CcpA pathway

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 6939-6949

  Meyer, Frederik M ^a   Jules, Matthieu ^b   Mehne, Felix M P ^a   Le Coq, Dominique ^b,c   Landmann, Jens J ^a   Görke, Boris ^a   Aymerich, Stéphane ^b   Stülke, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CATABOLITE CONTROL PROTEIN A; FRUCTOSE 1,6 BISPHOSPHATE; GLUCOSE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HPR KINASE; MALIC ACID; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLAN 1,4 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBON SOURCE; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CELL GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MALATES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84855844349     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.06197-11     Document Type: Article

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