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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Belitsky BR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC344226 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of bacteriology 20040201 4
Bacillus subtilis synthesizes pyridoxal 5'-phosphate, the active form of vitamin B(6), by a poorly characterized pathway involving the yaaD and yaaE genes. The pdxS (yaaD) mutant was confirmed to be a strict B(6) auxotroph, but the pdxT (yaaE) mutant turned out to be a conditional auxotroph depending on the availability of ammonium in the growth medium. The PdxS and PdxT proteins copurified during affinity chromatography and apparently form a complex that has glutaminase activity. PdxS and PdxT ...[more]