Polyphosphate kinase (PPK2), a potent, polyphosphate-driven generator of GTP
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A polyphosphate kinase (PPK2) widely conserved in bacteria.
Synthesis of inorganic polyphosphate (poly P) from the terminal phosphate of ATP is catalyzed reversibly by poly P kinase (PPK, now designated PPK1) initially isolated from Escherichia coli. PPK1 is highly conserved in many bacteria, including some of the major pathogens such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa. In a null mutant of P. aeruginosa lacking ppk1, we have discovered a previously uncharacteriz...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0027-8424,1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.262655299