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The NreA protein functions as a nitrate receptor in the staphylococcal nitrate regulation system.
Journal of molecular biology - 3 Apr 2014
Niemann Volker, Koch-Singenstreu Mareike, Neu Ancilla, Nilkens Stephanie, Götz Friedrich, Unden Gottfried, Stehle Thilo
Abstract excerpt
Staphylococci are able to use nitrate as an alternative electron acceptor during anaerobic respiration. The regulation of energy metabolism is dependent on the presence of oxygen and nitrate. Under anaerobic conditions, staphylococci employ the nitrate regulatory element (Nre) for transcriptional activation of genes involved in reduction and transport of nitrate and nitrite. Of the three proteins that constitute...
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