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Helicobacter pylori glutamine synthetase lacks features associated with transcriptional and posttranslational regulation.
Infection and immunity - 1 May 1998
Garner R M, Fulkerson J, Mobley H L
Abstract excerpt
Helicobacter pylori urease, produced in abundance, is indispensable for the survival of H. pylori in animal hosts. Urea is hydrolyzed by the enzyme, resulting in the liberation of excess ammonia, some of which neutralizes gastric acid. The remaining ammonia is assimilated into protein by glutamine synthetase (EC 6.3.1.2), which catalyzes the reaction: NH3 + glutamate + ATP-->glutamine + ADP + Pi. We hypothesized...
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