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Polyphosphate kinase 2: a novel determinant of stress responses and pathogenesis in Campylobacter jejuni.
PloS one - 17 Aug 2010
Gangaiah Dharanesh, Liu Zhe, Arcos Jesús, Kassem Issmat I, Sanad Yasser, Torrelles Jordi B, Rajashekara Gireesh
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BACKGROUND: Inorganic polyphosphate (poly P) plays an important role in stress tolerance and virulence in many bacteria. PPK1 is the principal enzyme involved in poly P synthesis, while PPK2 uses poly P to generate GTP, a signaling molecule that serves as an alternative energy source and a precur...
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