| Literature DB >> 468378 |
E J St Martin, C L Wittenberger.
Abstract
A phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent sucrose phosphotransferase system has been identified in Streptococcus mutans. Sucrose phosphotransferase activity was inducible by sucrose and had an apparent Km for sucrose of 70 microM. The product of the sucrose phosphotransferase reaction was isolated and identified as sucrose phosphate. Additional analysis revealed that the phosphate group was on the glucose moiety. Mutants unable to grow in media containing low concentrations of sucrose were isolated and found to be missing either sucrose phosphotransferase activity or the ability to hydrolyze sucrose phosphate.Entities:
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Year: 1979 PMID: 468378 PMCID: PMC414387 DOI: 10.1128/iai.24.3.865-868.1979
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441