Affiliation:
1. Department of Oral Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Abstract
ABSTRACT
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.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Molecular Biology,Microbiology
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