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Three transport systems for the osmoprotectant glycine betaine operate in Bacillus subtilis: characterization of OpuD.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Sept 1996
Kappes R M, Kempf B, Bremer E
Abstract excerpt
The accumulation of the osmoprotectant glycine betaine from exogenous sources provides a high degree of osmotic tolerance to Bacillus subtilis. We have identified, through functional complementation of an Escherichia coli mutant defective in glycine betaine uptake, a new glycine betaine transport system from B. subtilis. The DNA sequence of a 2,310-bp segment of the cloned region revealed a single gene (opuD)...
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