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A novel Porphyromonas gingivalis FeoB plays a role in manganese accumulation.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 29 Jul 2005
Dashper Stuart G, Butler Catherine A, Lissel J Patricia, Paolini Rita A, Hoffmann Brigitte, Veith Paul D, O'Brien-Simpson Neil M, Snelgrove Sarah L, Tsiros John T, Reynolds Eric C
Abstract excerpt
FeoB is an atypical transporter that has been shown to exclusively mediate ferrous ion transport in some bacteria. Unusually the genome of the periodontal pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis has two genes (feoB1 and feoB2) encoding FeoB homologs, both of which are expressed in bicistronic operons. Kinetic analysis of ferrous ion transport by P. gingivalis W50 revealed the presence of a single, high affinity system...
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