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Outer and inner membrane proteins compose an arginine-agmatine exchange system in Chlamydophila pneumoniae.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Nov 2008
Smith Conor B, Graham David E
Abstract excerpt
Most chlamydial strains have a pyruvoyl-dependent decarboxylase protein that converts L-arginine to agmatine. However, chlamydiae do not produce arginine, so they must import it from their host. Chlamydophila pneumoniae has a gene cluster encoding a putative outer membrane porin (CPn1033 or aaxA), an arginine decarboxylase (CPn1032 or aaxB), and a putative cytoplasmic membrane transporter (CPn1031 or aaxC). The...
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