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Identification and characterization of mutations conferring resistance to D-amino acids in Bacillus subtilis.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 May 2015
Leiman Sara A, Richardson Charles, Foulston Lucy, Elsholz Alexander K W, First Eric A, Losick Richard
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UNLABELLED: Bacteria produce d-amino acids for incorporation into the peptidoglycan and certain nonribosomally produced peptides. However, D-amino acids are toxic if mischarged on tRNAs or misincorporated into protein. Common strains of the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis are particularly sensitive to the growth-inhibitory effects of D-tyrosine due to the absence of D-aminoacyl-tRNA deacylase, an enzyme...
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