Article
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...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Bacillus subtilis
- Bacterial Proteins
- Base Sequence
- Betaine
- Biological Transport
- Carrier Proteins
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA Transposable Elements
- DNA, Bacterial
- Kinetics
- Membrane Transport Proteins
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Osmolar Concentration
- Plasmids
- Quaternary Ammonium Compounds
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid