Publisher's Synopsis
Provided here are reviews by leading international experts involved in research on sugar transport and metabolism in gram-positive bacteria. They discuss the physiological, kinetic and evolutionary aspects of sugar and sugar-phosphate transport systems, as well as the biochemical characterization and regulatory interactions of individual proteins involved in these processes.;The book reviews the major metabolic pathways of lactic acid bacteria, and provides detailed descriptions of the control of individual enzymes in such pathways. There are accounts of current knowledge relating to the regulation of gene expression in response to catabolites, the role of carbohydrate metabolism in cellular differentiation, the biochemistry and structural chemistry of polysaccharides in streptococci, and the molecular genetics of carbohydrate metabolic traits in streptococci.;It gathers together surveys of information relating to sugar transport and metabolism in gram-positive bacteria. Since these organisms are among the most common pathogens for man, and also play a vital role in commercial fermentation processes, the book will be of use to researchers and biotechnologists in both the medical and industrial disciplines, as well as to investigators in basic biological science.
