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Journal of Bacteriology, March 2004, p. 1902-1904, Vol. 186, No. 6
0021-9193/04/$08.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.6.1902-1904.2004
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Analysis of an Agmatine Deiminase Gene Cluster in Streptococcus mutans UA159
Ann R. Griswold, Yi-Ywan M. Chen, and Robert A. Burne*
Department of Oral Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Received 19 September 2003/
Accepted 3 December 2003
An operon encoding enzymes of the agmatine deiminase system (AgDS) has been identified in the cariogenic bacterium Streptococcus mutans UA159. The AgDS is regulated by agmatine induction and carbohydrate catabolite repression. Ammonia is produced from agmatine at low pH, suggesting that the AgDS could augment acid tolerance.
* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Oral Biology, University of Florida, P.O. Box 100424, 1600 SW Archer Rd., Gainesville, FL 32610-0424. Phone: (352) 392-4370. Fax: (352) 392-7357. E-mail: rburne{at}dental.ufl.edu.
Journal of Bacteriology, March 2004, p. 1902-1904, Vol. 186, No. 6
0021-9193/04/$08.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.6.1902-1904.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
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