Genetic control of osmoadaptive glycine betaine synthesis in Bacillus subtilis through the choline-sensing and glycine betaine-responsive GbsR repressor

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2703-2714

  Nau Wagner, Gabriele ^a   Opper, Daniela ^a   Rolbetzki, Anne ^a   Boch, Jens ^a,b   Kempf, Bettina ^a   Hoffmann, Tamara ^a   Bremer, Erhard ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETAINE; CHOLINE; GBSA ENZYME; GBSAB ENZYME; GBSB ENZYME; GBSR PROTEIN; OPUB PROTEIN; OPUC PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; ENZYME METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIGAND BINDING; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REPRESSOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURAL GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETAINE; BINDING SITES; CHOLINE; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII;

EID: 84861365298     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.06642-11     Document Type: Article

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