Homes for the orphans: utilization of multiple substrate‐binding proteins by ABC transporters

GH Thomas - Molecular microbiology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Acquiring nutrients from the environment is essential for all microbes, and the ATP‐binding
cassette (ABC) transporters are one of the major routes by which bacteria achieve it. In this …

Complete genome sequence of Caulobacter crescentus

WC Nierman, TV Feldblyum, MT Laub… - Proceedings of the …, 2001 - National Acad Sciences
The complete genome sequence of Caulobacter crescentus was determined to be
4,016,942 base pairs in a single circular chromosome encoding 3,767 genes. This …

Contrasting patterns of evolutionary divergence within the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus pca operon

GA Kowalchuk, GB Hartnett, A Benson, JE Houghton… - Gene, 1994 - Elsevier
The six enzymes required for catabolism of protocatechuate to succinate and acetylCoA are
encoded by the pca genes in the Gram− bacterium, Acinetobacter calcoaceticus. The …

Serum Albumin and Ca2+ Are Natural Competence Inducers in the Human Pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii

GM Traglia, B Quinn, STJ Schramm… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
The increasing frequency of bacteria showing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) raises the
menace of entering into a postantibiotic era. Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is one of the …

Acinetobacter baumannii coordinates central metabolism, plasmid dissemination, and virulence by sensing nutrient availability

Z Feng, L Wang, Q Guan, X Chu, ZQ Luo - Mbio, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Plasmid conjugation plays an important role in the dissemination of antibiotic-resistance
genes. The emergence of multidrug-resistant isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii poses …

Acinetobacter: an emerging pathogen with a versatile secretome

NM Elhosseiny, AS Attia - Emerging microbes & infections, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Acinetobacter baumannii is a notorious pathogen that has emerged as a healthcare
nightmare in recent years because it causes serious infections that are associated with high …

The ABC maltose transporter

M Ehrmann, R Ehrle, E Hofmann, W Boos… - Molecular …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Bacterial ATP‐binding cassette (ABC) transporters and their homologues in eukaryotic cells
form one of the largest superfamilies known today. They function as primary pumps that …

Comparative analysis of Acinetobacters: three genomes for three lifestyles

D Vallenet, P Nordmann, V Barbe, L Poirel… - PloS one, 2008 - journals.plos.org
Acinetobacter baumannii is the source of numerous nosocomial infections in humans and
therefore deserves close attention as multidrug or even pandrug resistant strains are …

IS 1236, a newly discovered member of the IS3 family, exhibits varied patterns of insertion into the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus chromosome

U Gerischer, DA D'Argenio, LN Ornston - Microbiology, 1996 - microbiologyresearch.org
Analysis of spontaneous mutations in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus revealed a 1237 bp
insertion sequence named IS 1236 and possessing a nucleotide sequence resembling …

Characterization of a Pseudomonas putida ABC transporter (AatJMQP) required for acidic amino acid uptake: biochemical properties and regulation by the Aau two …

B Singh, KH Röhm - Microbiology, 2008 - microbiologyresearch.org
We describe an ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter in Pseudomonas putida KT2440
that mediates the uptake of glutamate and aspartate. The system (AatJMQP, for acidic amino …