Article
Mannitol-1-phosphate dehydrogenase (MtlD) is required for mannitol and glucitol assimilation in Bacillus subtilis: possible cooperation of mtl and gut operons.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Aug 2003
Watanabe Shouji, Hamano Miyuki, Kakeshita Hiroshi, Bunai Keigo, Tojo Shigeo, Yamaguchi Hirotake, Fujita Yasutaro, Wong Sui-Lam, Yamane Kunio
Abstract excerpt
We found that mannitol-1-phosphate dehydrogenase (MtlD), a component of the mannitol-specific phosphotransferase system, is required for glucitol assimilation in addition to GutR, GutB, and GutP in Bacillus subtilis. Northern hybridization of total RNA and microarray studies of RNA from cells cultured on glucose, mannitol, and glucitol indicated that mannitol as the sole carbon source induced hyperexpression of...
Topics
- Bacillus subtilis
- Bacterial Proteins
- Blotting, Northern
- Culture Media
- Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
- Isopropyl Thiogalactoside
- Mannitol
- Mutation
- Operon
- Sorbitol
