MSME, A LIPOPROTEIN INVOLVED IN SUGAR-TRANSPORT IN STREPTOCOCCUS-MUTANS

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SUTCLIFFE, IC
TAO, L
FERRETTI, JJ
RUSSELL, RRB
机构
[1] UNIV NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE,SCH DENT,DEPT ORAL BIOL,NEWCASTLE TYNE NE2 4BW,ENGLAND
[2] UNIV OKLAHOMA,HLTH SCI CTR,DEPT MICROBIOL & IMMUNOL,OKLAHOMA CITY,OK 73190
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10.1128/JB.175.6.1853-1855.1993
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Metabolic labelling by [C-14]palmitic acid showed that growth of Streptococcus mutans LT11 in raffinose, an inducer of the msm operon, resulted in increased production of a 45-kDa lipoprotein corresponding to MsmE, which is believed to be a sugar-binding protein. MsmE was also labelled when an msmE clone was expressed in Escherichia coli. The presence of a lipid anchor on MsmE provides a likely explanation of how the sugar-binding protein component of the msm binding protein-dependent multiple sugar transport system is retained at the cell surface.
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