| Literature DB >> 16287992 |
George Sachs1, David L Weeks, Yi Wen, Elizabeth A Marcus, David R Scott, Klaus Melchers.
Abstract
Helicobacter pylori is a Gram-negative neutralophile associated with peptic ulcers and gastric cancer. It has a unique ability to colonize the human stomach by acid acclimation. It uses the pH-gated urea channel, UreI, to enhance urea access to intrabacterial urease and a membrane-anchored periplasmic carbonic anhydrase to regulate periplasmic pH to approximately 6.1 in acidic media, whereas other neutralophiles cannot regulate periplasmic pH and thus only transit the stomach.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16287992 DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00032.2005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Physiology (Bethesda) ISSN: 1548-9221