The phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP): carbohydrate phosphotransferase system (PTS) is found
only in bacteria, where it catalyzes the transport and phosphorylation of numerous …

More than 20 carbohydrates may be transported into the bacterial cell by the
phosphoenopyruvate: carbohydrate phosphotransferase system (PTS) that is widely spread …

The Escherichia coli cyclic AMP receptor protein (CRP) is a global regulator that controls
transcription initiation from more than 100 promoters by binding to a specific DNA sequence …

Bacteria are frequently faced with metabolic questions which, if answered appropriately, can
enhance their reproductive and survival capabilities. They must decide how much of a …

It is quite important to understand the overall metabolic regulation mechanism of bacterial
cells such as Escherichia coli from both science (such as biochemistry) and engineering …

Gastrointestinal (GI) bacteria sense diverse environmental signals as cues for differential
gene regulation and niche adaptation. Pathogens such as enterohemorrhagic Escherichia …

The inhibition of β-galactosidase expression in a medium containing both glucose and
lactose is a typical example of the glucose effect in Escherichia coli. We studied the glucose …

Cra (or FruR), a global transcription factor with both repression and activation activities,
controls a large number of the genes for glycolysis and gluconeogenesis. To get insights …

In Escherichia coli, the ferric uptake regulator (Fur) controls expression of the iron regulon in
response to iron availability while the cyclic AMP receptor protein (Crp) regulates expression …

The gene for the glucose‐specific transporter of the phosphotransferase system, ptsG, is
expressed from two promoters separated by 141 bp. The expression of the major, shorter …