| Literature DB >> 12562821 |
Rudy Antoine1, Françoise Jacob-Dubuisson, Hervé Drobecq, Eve Willery, Sarah Lesjean, Camille Locht.
Abstract
A family of genes that are likely to encode extracytoplasmic solute receptors is strongly overrepresented in several beta-proteobacteria, including Bordetella pertussis. This gene family, of which members have been called bug genes, contains some examples that are contained within polycistronic operons coding for tripartite uptake transporters of the TTT family, while the vast majority are "orphan" genes. Proteomic and functional analyses demonstrated that several of these genes are expressed in B. pertussis, and one is involved in citrate uptake. The bug genes probably form an ancient family that has been subjected to a large expansion in a restricted phylogenic group.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12562821 PMCID: PMC142875 DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.4.1470-1474.2003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490