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Enterococcus faecalis Uses a Phosphotransferase System Permease and a Host Colonization-Related ABC Transporter for Maltodextrin Uptake.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 May 2017
Sauvageot Nicolas, Mokhtari Abdelhamid, Joyet Philippe, Budin-Verneuil Aurélie, Blancato Víctor S, Repizo Guillermo D, Henry Céline, Pikis Andreas, Thompson John, Magni Christian, Hartke Axel, Deutscher Josef
Abstract excerpt
Maltodextrin is a mixture of maltooligosaccharides, which are produced by the degradation of starch or glycogen. They are mostly composed of α-1,4- and some α-1,6-linked glucose residues. Genes presumed to code for the Enterococcus faecalis maltodextrin transporter were induced during enterococcal infection. We therefore carried out a detailed study of maltodextrin transport in this organism. Depending on their...
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