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Paracoccus denitrificans possesses two BioR homologs having a role in regulation of biotin metabolism.
MicrobiologyOpen - 1 Aug 2015
Feng Youjun, Kumar Ritesh, Ravcheev Dmitry A, Zhang Huimin
Abstract excerpt
Recently, we determined that BioR, the GntR family of transcription factor, acts as a repressor for biotin metabolism exclusively distributed in certain species of α-proteobacteria, including the zoonotic agent Brucella melitensis and the plant pathogen Agrobacterium tumefaciens. However, the scenario is unusual in Paracoccus denitrificans, another closely related member of the same phylum α-proteobacteria...
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