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Ins and outs of glucose transport systems in eubacteria

  1. Knut Jahreis1,
  2. Elisângela F. Pimentel-Schmitt2,
  3. Reinhold Brückner3,
  4. Fritz Titgemeyer2

Article first published online: 18 JUL 2008

DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2008.00125.x

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FEMS Microbiology Reviews

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volume 32, Issue 6, pages 891–907, November 2008

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Jahreis, K., Pimentel-Schmitt, E. F., Brückner, R. and Titgemeyer, F. (2008), Ins and outs of glucose transport systems in eubacteria. FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 32: 891–907. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2008.00125.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Biology and Chemistry, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany

  2. 2

    Department of Microbiology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

  3. 3

    Department of Microbiology, University Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany

*Correspondence: Fritz Titgemeyer, Department of Oecotrophology, Fachhochschule Münster, Corrensstr. 25, 48149 Münster, Germany. Tel.: +49 9131 482482; fax: +49 251 8365402; e-mail: fritz.titgemeyer@gmail.com

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 10 OCT 2008
  2. Article first published online: 18 JUL 2008
  3. Received 24 August 2007; revised 22 April 2008; accepted 21 May 2008.First published online 18 July 2008.

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Keywords:

  • carbon regulation;
  • sugar transport;
  • phosphotransferase system;
  • Mlc

Abstract

Glucose is the classical carbon source that is used to investigate the transport, metabolism, and regulation of nutrients in bacteria. Many physiological phenomena like nutrient limitation, stress responses, production of antibiotics, and differentiation are inextricably linked to nutrition. Over the years glucose transport systems have been characterized at the molecular level in more than 20 bacterial species. This review aims to provide an overview of glucose uptake systems found in the eubacterial kingdom. In addition, it will highlight the diverse and sophisticated regulatory features of glucose transport systems.

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