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Escherichia coli tat mutant strains are able to transport maltose in the absence of an active malE gene.
Archives of microbiology - 1 Jun 2008
Caldelari Isabelle, Palmer Tracy, Sargent Frank
Abstract excerpt
The twin-arginine transport (Tat) system is a prokaryotic protein transport system. Escherichia coli mutants in this pathway show a defect in cell separation during cell division, resulting in destabilization and permeability of the outer membrane. Maltose uptake is catalysed by a membrane-bound transporter of the ATP binding cassette (ABC) superfamily, where MalE is the essential periplasmic binding protein...
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