Ectoine biosynthesis in Mycobacterium smegmatis.
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PROVIDER: S-EPMC3457100 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Oct
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Ectoine biosynthesis in Mycobacterium smegmatis.
Ofer Naomi N Wishkautzan Marina M Meijler Michael M Wang Ying Y Speer Alexander A Niederweis Michael M Gur Eyal E
Applied and environmental microbiology 20120810 20
Mycobacterium smegmatis is a commonly used mycobacterial model system. Here, we show that M. smegmatis protects itself against elevated salinity by synthesizing ectoine and hydroxyectoine and characterize the phenotype of a nonproducing mutant. This is the first analysis of M. smegmatis halotolerance and of the molecular mechanism that supports it. ...[more]
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