CcpA and CodY coordinate acetate metabolism in Streptococcus mutans

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2017, Pages

  Kim, Jeong Nam ^a   Burne, Robert A ^b  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid tolerance; Carbohydrate metabolism; Dental caries; Gene regulation; Pyruvate

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BINDING SITES; BINS; CARBOHYDRATES; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACID TOLERANCE; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACIDS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DENTAL CARIES; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT; PHOSPHOTRANSACETYLASE; PYRUVATES; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

TRANSCRIPTION;

ACID; BACTERIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; DENTAL HEALTH; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLISM; MUTATION; TOLERANCE;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ACETATE KINASE; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PHOSPHATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; PYRUVIC ACID;

BINDING SITE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DENTAL CARIES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; PROMOTER REGION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ACETATE KINASE; ACETATES; AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DENTAL CARIES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PHOSPHATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PYRUVIC ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 85015888051     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03274-16     Document Type: Article

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