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Proteases of a Bacillus subtilis clinical isolate facilitate swarming and siderophore-mediated iron uptake via proteolytic cleavage of transferrin.
Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin - 1 Apr 2006
Park Ra-Young, Sun Hui-Yu, Choi Mee-Hwa, Bai Young-Hoon, Chung Yoon-Young, Shin Sung Heui
Abstract excerpt
We isolated a highly serine protease-producing Bacillus subtilis strain (PRY) from a clinical sample and identified it through biochemical testing and ribosomal DNA sequencing. The PRY strain exhibited a robust swarming behavior and was able to digest human transferrin efficiently, concomitantly with the production of catechol-siderophore in the exponential growth phase. The growth of PRY was in proportion to...
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