Multifunctional Nutrient-Binding Proteins Adapt Human Symbiotic Bacteria for Glycan Competition in the Gut by Separately Promoting Enhanced Sensing and Catalysis
To compete for the dynamic stream of nutrients flowing into their ecosystem, colonic bacteria must respond rapidly to new resources and then catabolize them efficiently once they are detected. The Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron starch utilization system (Sus) is a model for nutrient acquisition by sym...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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American Society of Microbiology
2014
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4173775/ |