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. 1990 May;58(5):1479–1480. doi: 10.1128/iai.58.5.1479-1480.1990

Evidence that a low-affinity sucrose phosphotransferase activity in Streptococcus mutans GS-5 is a high-affinity trehalose uptake system.

F Poy 1, G R Jacobson 1
PMCID: PMC258652  PMID: 2323827

Abstract

High-affinity sucrose uptake in the oral pathogen Streptococcus mutans is mediated by the phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent phosphotransferase system. In this report, we provide evidence that a lower-affinity sucrose phosphotransferase system in S. mutans GS-5, previously described by others, is in fact a high-affinity trehalose uptake system that also recognizes sucrose as a substrate.

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