TY - JOUR AU - Andersson, Ulrika AU - Rådström, Peter PY - 2002 DA - 2002/09/25 TI - Physiological function of the maltose operon regulator, MalR, in Lactococcus lactis JO - BMC Microbiology SP - 28 VL - 2 IS - 1 AB - Maltose metabolism is initiated by an ATP-dependent permease system in Lactococcus lactis. The subsequent degradation of intracellular maltose is performed by the concerted action of Pi-dependent maltose phosphorylase and β-phosphoglucomutase. In some Gram-positive bacteria, maltose metabolism is regulated by a maltose operon regulator (MalR), belonging to the LacI-GalR family of transcriptional regulators. A gene presumed to encode MalR has been found directly downstream the maltose phosphorylase-encoding gene, malP in L. lactis. The purpose of this study was to investigate the physiological role of the MalR protein in maltose metabolism in L. lactis. SN - 1471-2180 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-2-28 DO - 10.1186/1471-2180-2-28 ID - Andersson2002 ER -