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CodY in Staphylococcus aureus: a regulatory link between metabolism and virulence gene expression.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 May 2009
Pohl Konstanze, Francois Patrice, Stenz Ludwig, Schlink Frank, Geiger Tobias, Herbert Silvia, Goerke Christiane, Schrenzel Jacques, Wolz Christiane
Abstract excerpt
The repressor CodY is reported to inhibit metabolic genes mainly involved in nitrogen metabolism. We analyzed codY mutants from three unrelated Staphylococcus aureus strains (Newman, UAMS-1, and RN1HG). The mutants grew more slowly than their parent strains in a chemically defined medium. However, only codY mutants were able to grow in medium lacking threonine. An excess of isoleucine resulted in growth...
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