Alanine metabolism in Bacillus subtilis

What is it about?

The biosynthetic pathways for amino acids have been exploited for a long time in molecular biology. This work resolves an number of questions relating to the biosynthesis of both D- and L-Alanine in Bacillus subtilis and also identified the gene encoding permease that permits Bacillus to assimilate both L- and D-alanine from the environment.

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