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Potassium uptake in the unicellular cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803 mainly depends on a Ktr-like system encoded by slr1509 (ntpJ).
FEBS letters - 31 Jul 2003
Berry Stephan, Esper Berndt, Karandashova Inga, Teuber Markus, Elanskaya Irina, Rögner Matthias, Hagemann Martin
Abstract excerpt
The molecular basis of potassium uptake in cyanobacteria has not been elucidated. However, genes known from other bacteria to encode potassium transporters can be identified in the genome of Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803. Mutants defective in kdpA and ntpJ were generated and characterized to address the role of the Kdp and KtrAB systems in this strain. KtrAB is crucial for K(+) uptake, as the DeltantpJ mutant...
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