title: benK encodes a hydrophobic permease-like protein involved in benzoate degradation by Acinetobacter sp. strain ADP1.
abstract: The chromosomal benK gene was identified within a supraoperonic gene cluster involved in benzoate degradation by Acinetobacter sp. strain ADP1, and benK was expressed in response to a benzoate metabolite, cis,cis-muconate. The disruption of benK reduced benzoate uptake and impaired the use of benzoate or benzaldehyde as the carbon source. BenK was homologous to several aromatic compound transporters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens 30602, USA.
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Collier
authors.forename: N N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Nichols
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Neidle
mesh_terms: D000150:Acinetobacter / Q000235:genetics*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D001565:Benzoates / Q000378:metabolism; D019817:Benzoic Acid; D001692:Biological Transport; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016254:Mutagenesis, Insertional; D027361:Organic Anion Transporters; D010641:Phenotype; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; C108310:Benk protein, Acinetobacter calcoaceticus; D001565:Benzoates; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D027361:Organic Anion Transporters; C090106:PcaK protein, Pseudomonas; D019817:Benzoic Acid