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Characterization of the Rhizobium (Sinorhizobium) meliloti high- and low-affinity phosphate uptake systems.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Dec 1997
Voegele R T, Bardin S, Finan T M
Abstract excerpt
Genetic studies have suggested that Rhizobium (Sinorhizobium) meliloti contains two distinct phosphate (Pi) transport systems, encoded by the phoCDET genes and the orfA-pit genes, respectively. Here we present data which show that the ABC-type PhoCDET system has a high affinity for Pi (Km, 0.2 microM) and that Pi uptake by this system is severely inhibited by phosphonates. This high-affinity uptake system was...
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