Identification and characterization of the pckA gene from Staphylococcus aureus.
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SUBMITTER: Scovill WH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC178095 | biostudies-other | 1996 Jun
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Identification and characterization of the pckA gene from Staphylococcus aureus.
Scovill W H WH Schreier H J HJ Bayles K W KW
Journal of bacteriology 19960601 11
The Staphylococcus aureus pckA gene was identified and characterized. A pckA mutant lacked detectable phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase activity and grew poorly in the absence of glucose. Both enzymatic activity and pckA promoter activity in wild-type cells grown in the absence of glucose were at least 22-fold greater than activities in cells grown in the presence of glucose. ...[more]
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