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A membrane transporter required for 3-hydroxybutyrate uptake during the early sporulation stage in Bacillus subtilis.
FEMS microbiology letters - 1 Oct 2015
Shen Yueh-Chi, Shaw Gwo-Chyuan
Abstract excerpt
Exogenous 3-hydroxybutyrate can be utilized by a variety of soil bacteria as a carbon and energy source. However, the membrane transporter responsible for 3-hydroxybutyrate uptake remains unidentified. The Bacillus subtilis strain 168 gene yxjC (herein renamed hbuT) encodes a putative gluconate transporter GntT-type membrane transporter with a previously unknown function. hbuT is organized within the same operon...
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