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Adaptive evolution of the Streptococcus pyogenes regulatory aldolase LacD.1.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Mar 2013
Cusumano Zachary, Caparon Michael
Abstract excerpt
In the human-pathogenic bacterium Streptococcus pyogenes, the tagatose bisphosphate aldolase LacD.1 likely originated through a gene duplication event and was adapted to a role as a metabolic sensor for regulation of virulence gene transcription. Although LacD.1 retains enzymatic activity, its an...
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