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Identification and characterization of a unique, zinc-containing transport ATPase essential for natural transformation in Thermus thermophilus HB27.
Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions - 1 Mar 2011
Rose Ilona, Biuković Goran, Aderhold Patrick, Müller Volker, Grüber Gerhard, Averhoff Beate
Abstract excerpt
Thermus thermophilus is a model strain to unravel the molecular basis of horizontal gene transfer in hot environments. Previous genetic studies led to the identification of a macromolecular transport machinery mediating DNA uptake in an energy-dependent manner. Here, we have addressed how the transporter is energized. Inspection of the genome sequence revealed four putative transport (AAA) ATPases but only the...
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