Multiple mechanisms controlling carbon metabolism in bacteria

• Published in: Biotechnology and bioengineering Vol. 58; no. 2-3; pp. 170 - 174
• Main Author: Saier Jr, Milton H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 20.04.1998
• Subjects: Bacillus subtilis - metabolism; Bacteria - metabolism; Carbon - metabolism; catabolite repression; Escherichia coli - metabolism; inducer exclusion; inducer expulsion; Models, Biological; Phosphoenolpyruvate Sugar Phosphotransferase System - metabolism; phosphotransferase system; protein kinase; transcriptional regulation; transport regulation

Catabolite repression is a universal phenomenon, found in virtually all living organisms. These organisms range from the simplest bacteria to higher fungi, plants, and animals. A mechanism involving cyclic AMP and its receptor protein (CRP) in Escherichia coli was established years ago, and this mec...