Enterococcus faecalis MalR acts as a repressor of the maltose operons and additionally mediates their catabolite repression via direct interaction with seryl‐phosphorylated‐HPr

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Enterococcus faecalis is a bacterium commonly encountered in the Human gastrointestinal tract as commensal but also represents a leading cause of hospital acquired infections. The nutrients acquisition and utilization represent one of the very first steps of bacterial colonization essential for the infection process. Here we showed that the maltose metabolism was coordinated in this bacterium according to nutrients availability mainly by the regulator MalR.

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