Abstract
Glycine sarcosine methyltransferase (Gsm) and sarcosine dimethylglycine methyltransferase (Sdm) catalyze glycine betaine synthesis from glycine. Disruption of the M. xanthus gsmA (MXAN 7068) or sdmA (MXAN 3190) gene, encoding Gsm or Sdm homologue proteins, respectively, generated mutants that exhibited a longer lag period of growth and delayed spore germination under osmostress.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1467-1470 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of bacteriology |
Volume | 192 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2010 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Microbiology
- Molecular Biology