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CorA affects tolerance of Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium to the lactoperoxidase enzyme system but not to other forms of oxidative stress.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Nov 2005
Sermon Jan, Wevers Eva M-R P, Jansen Leentje, De Spiegeleer Philipp, Vanoirbeek Kristof, Aertsen Abram, Michiels Chris W
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The enzyme lactoperoxidase is part of the innate immune system in vertebrates and owes its antimicrobial activity to the formation of oxidative reaction products from various substrates. In a previous study, we have reported that, with thiocyanate as a substrate, the lactoperoxidase system elicits a distinct stress response in Escherichia coli MG1655. This response is different from but partly overlapping with...
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