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SUBMITTER: Christie G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2937387 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Christie Graham G Götzke Hansjörg H Lowe Christopher R CR
Journal of bacteriology 20100625 17
The molecular basis for the recognition of glucose as a germinant molecule by spores of Bacillus megaterium QM B1551 has been examined. A chromosome-located locus (BMQ_1820, renamed gerWB) is shown to encode a receptor B-protein subunit that interacts with the GerUA and GerUC proteins to form a receptor that is cognate for both glucose and leucine. GerWB represents the third receptor B protein that binds to glucose in this strain. Site-directed mutagenesis (SDM) experiments conducted on charged ...[more]