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Mutational activation of the RocR activator and of a cryptic rocDEF promoter bypass loss of the initial steps of proline biosynthesis in Bacillus subtilis.
Environmental microbiology - 1 Mar 2014
Zaprasis Adrienne, Hoffmann Tamara, Wünsche Guido, Flórez Lope A, Stülke Jörg, Bremer Erhard
Abstract excerpt
The gamma-glutamyl-phosphate reductase (ProA) interlinks both the anabolic and osmostress adaptive proline biosynthetic routes of Bacillus subtilis. Because no paralogous protein to ProA exists in this microorganism, proA mutants should exhibit a tight proline auxotrophic growth phenotype. Contrary to expectations, proA mutants formed microcolonies on agar plates lacking proline and faster growing Pro(+)...
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