A new class of cobalamin transport mutants (btuF) provides genetic evidence for a periplasmic binding protein in Salmonella typhimurium.
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SUBMITTER: Van Bibber M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC94070 | biostudies-literature | 1999 Sep
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A new class of cobalamin transport mutants (btuF) provides genetic evidence for a periplasmic binding protein in Salmonella typhimurium.
Van Bibber M M Bradbeer C C Clark N N Roth J R JR
Journal of bacteriology 19990901 17
No periplasmic binding protein has been demonstrated for the ATP-binding cassette (ABC)-type cobalamin transporter BtuCD. New mutations (btuF) are described that affect inner-membrane transport. The BtuF protein has a signal sequence and resembles the periplasmic binding proteins of several other ABC transporters. ...[more]
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