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YfiK from Escherichia coli promotes export of O-acetylserine and cysteine.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Feb 2003
Franke Isabel, Resch Armin, Dassler Tobias, Maier Thomas, Böck August
Abstract excerpt
yfiK was discovered as a gene augmenting cysteine production when it was overexpressed in an industrial Escherichia coli production strain. The gene product is an integral membrane protein with about six predicted transmembrane helices; it belongs to the RhtB family of export proteins. YfiK overproduction from a plasmid leads to drastic and parallel secretion of O-acetylserine and cysteine into the medium but...
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