Structural and physiological analyses of the alkanesulphonate-binding protein (SsuA) of the citrus pathogen Xanthomonas citri.

BACKGROUND: The uptake of sulphur-containing compounds plays a pivotal role in the physiology of bacteria that live in aerobic soils where organosulfur compounds such as sulphonates and sulphate esters represent more than 95% of the available sulphur. Until now, no information has been available on...

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Main Authors: Fabiano Tófoli de Araújo, Victor M Bolanos-Garcia, Cristiane T Pereira, Mario Sanches, Elisa E Oshiro, Rita C C Ferreira, Dimitri Y Chigardze, João Alexandre Gonçalves Barbosa, Luís Carlos de Souza Ferreira, Celso E Benedetti, Tom L Blundell, Andrea Balan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3839906?pdf=render