Isolation and characterization of adenylate kinase (adk) mutations in Salmonella typhimurium which block the ability of glycine betaine to function as an osmoprotectant.

doi:10.1128/jb.177.2.390-400.1995

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Isolation and characterization of adenylate kinase (adk) mutations in Salmonella typhimurium which block the ability of glycine betaine to function as an osmoprotectant.

Journal of bacteriology - 1 Jan 1995

Gutierrez J A, Csonka L N

Abstract excerpt

Mutants of Salmonella typhimurium that were not protected by glycine betaine (GB) but could still use proline as an osmoprotectant in media of high osmolality were isolated. The mutations responsible for this phenotype proved to be alleles of the adenylate kinase (adk) gene, as shown by genetic m...

Topics

Adenylate Kinase
Amino Acid Sequence
Base Sequence
Betaine
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Osmotic Pressure
Proline
Salmonella typhimurium
Water-Electrolyte Balance

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