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SUBMITTER: Griswold AR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC355968 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Griswold Ann R AR Chen Yi-Ywan M YY Burne Robert A RA
Journal of bacteriology 20040301 6
An operon encoding enzymes of the agmatine deiminase system (AgDS) has been identified in the cariogenic bacterium Streptococcus mutans UA159. The AgDS is regulated by agmatine induction and carbohydrate catabolite repression. Ammonia is produced from agmatine at low pH, suggesting that the AgDS could augment acid tolerance. ...[more]