Efflux of choline and glycine betaine from osmoregulating cells of Escherichia coli.

doi:10.1016/0378-1097(92)90395-5

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Efflux of choline and glycine betaine from osmoregulating cells of Escherichia coli.

FEMS microbiology letters - 15 Sept 1992

Lamark T, Styrvold O B, Strøm A R

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We present evidence that glycine betaine (betaine) which was synthesized from choline was excreted and reaccumulated in osmoregulating cells of Escherichia coli. Choline which was accumulated in bet mutants defective in betaine synthesis was shown to be excreted in response to betaine uptake. Our...

Topics

Betaine
Biological Transport, Active
Choline
Escherichia coli
Genes, Bacterial
Kinetics
Mutation
Water-Electrolyte Balance

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