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A glucose kinase from Mycobacterium smegmatis.
Journal of molecular microbiology and biotechnology - 1 Jan 2007
Pimentel-Schmitt Elisângela F, Thomae Andreas W, Amon Johannes, Klieber Michael A, Roth Heide-Marie, Muller Yves A, Jahreis Knut, Burkovski Andreas, Titgemeyer Fritz
Abstract excerpt
Carbon metabolism and regulation is poorly understood in mycobacteria, a genus that includes some major pathogenic species like Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium leprae. Here, we report the identification of a glucose kinase from Mycobacterium smegmatis. This enzyme serves in glucose metabolism and global carbon catabolite repression in the related actinomycete Streptomyces coelicolor. The gene,...
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