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Only one of four oligopeptide transport systems mediates nitrogen nutrition in Staphylococcus aureus.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Jul 2007
Hiron Aurelia, Borezée-Durant Elise, Piard Jean-Christophe, Juillard Vincent
Abstract excerpt
Oligopeptides internalized by oligopeptide permease (Opp) transporters play key roles in bacterial nutrition, signaling, and virulence. To date, two opp operons, opp-1 and opp-2, have been identified in Staphylococcus aureus. Systematic in silico analysis of 11 different S. aureus genomes revealed the existence of two new opp operons, opp-3 and opp-4, plus an opp-5A gene encoding a putative peptide-binding...
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