TY - JOUR AU - Sekowska, Agnieszka AU - Mulard, Laurence AU - Krogh, Susanne AU - Tse, Jane KS AU - Danchin, Antoine PY - 2001 DA - 2001/08/08 TI - MtnK, methylthioribose kinase, is a starvation-induced protein in Bacillus subtilis JO - BMC Microbiology SP - 15 VL - 1 IS - 1 AB - Methylthioadenosine, the main by-product of spermidine synthesis, is degraded in Bacillus subtilis as adenine and methylthioribose. The latter is an excellent sulfur source and the precursor of quorum-sensing signalling molecules. Nothing was known about methylthioribose recycling in this organism. SN - 1471-2180 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-1-15 DO - 10.1186/1471-2180-1-15 ID - Sekowska2001 ER -