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Journal of Bacteriology, November 2000, p. 6523-6524, Vol. 182, No. 22
Bioscience Center, Nagoya University,
Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan,1 and
Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution of
Washington, Stanford, California 943052
Received 15 May 2000/Accepted 24 August 2000
A mutant of Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803 disrupted
for sll1878 exhibited greatly reduced Fe3+
transport activity. The Km value of
sll1878-dependent Fe3+ transport in cells grown
in iron-replete medium was 0.5 µM. Both the maximal rate and
Km value were increased in iron-starved cells.
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A Gene of Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC
6803 Encoding a Novel Iron Transporter
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