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Tripartite ATP-Independent Periplasmic (TRAP) Transporters and Tripartite Tricarboxylate Transporters (TTT): From Uptake to Pathogenicity by Rosa, Leonardo T, Bianconi, Matheus E, Thomas, Gavin H, Kelly, David J

“…The ability to efficiently scavenge nutrients in the host is essential for the viability of any pathogen. All catabolic pathways must begin with the transport…”
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A New Mechanism for High-Affinity Uptake of C4-Dicarboxylates in Bacteria Revealed by the Structure of Rhodopseudomonas palustris MatC (RPA3494), a Periplasmic Binding Protein of the Tripartite Tricarboxylate Transporter (TTT) Family by Rosa, Leonardo T., Dix, Samuel R., Rafferty, John B., Kelly, David J.

“…C4-dicarboxylates play a central role in cellular physiology as key metabolic intermediates. Under aerobic conditions, they participate in the citric acid…”
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Structural basis for high‐affinity adipate binding to AdpC (RPA4515), an orphan periplasmic‐binding protein from the tripartite tricarboxylate transporter (TTT) family in Rhodopseudomonas palustris by Rosa, Leonardo T., Dix, Samuel R., Rafferty, John B., Kelly, David J.

“…The tripartite tricarboxylate transporter (TTT) family is a poorly characterised group of prokaryotic secondary solute transport systems, which employ a…”
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Massive over-representation of solute-binding proteins (SBPs) from the tripartite tricarboxylate transporter (TTT) family in the genome of the α-proteobacterium Rhodoplanes sp. Z2-YC6860 by Rosa, Leonardo T, Springthorpe, Vicki, Bianconi, Matheus E, Thomas, Gavin H, Kelly, David J

“…Lineage-specific expansion (LSE) of protein families is a widespread phenomenon in many eukaryotic genomes, but is generally more limited in bacterial genomes…”
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