Streptococcus thermophilus, unlike many other gram-positive bacteria, prefers lactose over
glucose as the primary carbon and energy source. Moreover, lactose is not taken up by a …

Catabolite repression of a number of catabolic operons in bacilli is mediated by the
catabolite control protein CcpA, the phosphocarrier protein HPr from the …

The Bacillus subtilis ilv‐leu operon involved in the biosynthesis of branched‐chain amino
acids is under negative regulation mediated by TnrA and CodY, which recognize and bind to …

In Bacillus subtilis, the products of the pta and ackA genes, phosphotransacetylase and
acetate kinase, play a crucial role in the production of acetate, one of the most abundant by …

Previous studies have suggested that the transcription factor CcpA, as well as the
coeffectors HPr and Crh, both phosphorylated by the HprK kinase/phosphorylase, are …

A vital point in gene regulation is control at the level of transcription initiation. Recent
research has established that this regulation can involve sophisticated networks of …

Conversion of pyruvate to acetate via the phosphotransacetylase‐acetate kinase pathway
generates ATP and is a major overflow pathway under conditions of carbon and nitrogen …

Carbon catabolite repression allows bacteria to rapidly alter the expression of catabolic
genes in response to the availability of metabolizable carbon sources. In Bacillus subtilis …

Abstract Background In Bacillus subtilis and its relatives carbon catabolite control, a
mechanism enabling to reach maximal efficiency of carbon and energy sources metabolism …

Clostridium acetobutylicum is a strict anaerobic organism that is used for biotechnological
butanol fermentation. It ferments various hexoses and pentoses to solvents but prefers …