title: The Bacillus subtilis AraE protein displays a broad substrate specificity for several different sugars.
abstract: Bacillus subtilis 168 is unable to grow on xylose and galactose as sole carbon sources, owing to the lack of specific transporters. We show that they are imported into the cell by the activity of AraE, an arabinose transporter whose synthesis is induced by L-arabinose.
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Krispin
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Allmansberger
mesh_terms: D001089:Arabinose / Q000378:metabolism; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D001483:Base Sequence; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D005690:Galactose / Q000378:metabolism; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D009154:Mutation; D010641:Phenotype; D014994:Xylose / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C109577:AraE protein, bacteria; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D017931:DNA Primers; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins; D014994:Xylose; D001089:Arabinose; D005690:Galactose