Pieter W. Postma

en Informatica REPORTRAPPORT Modelling, Analysis and Simulation Modelling, Analysis and Simulation (2007)

C. Francke, P. W. Postma, H. V. Westerhoff, J. G. Blom, M. A. Peletier, Christof Francke, ...

Why the phosphotransferase system of Escherichia coli escapes the diffusion limitation of signal transduction, transport and metabolism that confronts mammalian cells

Phosphorylation and Functional Properties of the IIA Domain of the Lactose Transport Protein of Streptococcus thermophilus (1999)

Postma, Pieter W., Gunnewijk, Marga G.W., Poolman, Bert

The lactose-H+ symport protein (LacS) of Streptococcus thermophilus has a carboxyl-terminal regulatory domain (IIALacS) that is homologous to a family of proteins and protein domains of the...

Phosphorylation and Functional Properties of the IIA Domain of the Lactose Transport Protein of Streptococcus thermophilus (1999)

Poolman, Bert, Postma, Pieter W., Gunnewijk, Marga G.W.

The lactose-H+ symport protein (LacS) of Streptococcus thermophilus has a carboxyl-terminal regulatory domain (IIALacS) that is homologous to a family of proteins and protein domains of the...

Metabolic consequences of phosphotransferase (PTS) mutation in a phenylalanine-producing recombinant Escherichia coli (1997)

Chen, Ruizhen, Hatzimanikatis, Vassily, Postma, Pieter W., Bailey, James E.

E. coli strain PPA305, which has a wild-type PTS system, and PPA316, which utilizes a proton-galactose symport system for glucose uptake, were used as host strains to harbor a phenylalanine...

Bacterial Phosphoenolpyruvate-Dependent Phosphotransferase System. Mechanism of the Transmembrane Sugar Translocation and Phosphorylation (1983)

Postma, Pieter W., Blaauw, Mieke, Misset, Onno, Robillard, George T.

The phosphoryl-group transfer from PHPr to glucose or α-methylglucose and from glucose 6-phosphate to these same sugars catalyzed by membrane-bound EIIBGlc of the bacterial...

Bacterial Phosphoenolpyruvate-Dependent Phosphotransferase System. Mechanism of the Transmembrane Sugar Translocation and Phosphorylation (1983)

Postma, Pieter W., Blaauw, Mieke, Misset, Onno, Robillard, George T.

The phosphoryl-group transfer from PHPr to glucose or α-methylglucose and from glucose 6-phosphate to these same sugars catalyzed by membrane-bound EIIBGlc of the bacterial...

Implications of macromolecular crowding for signal transduction and metabolite channeling

Rohwer, Johann M., Postma, Pieter W., Kholodenko, Boris N., Westerhoff, Hans V.

The effect of different total enzyme concentrations on the flux through the bacterial phosphoenolpyruvate:carbohydrate phosphotransferase system (PTS) in vitro was determined by measuring...

Molecular Cloning and Functional Expression in Lactobacillus plantarum 80 of xylT, Encoding the d-Xylose–H+ Symporter of Lactobacillus brevis

Chaillou, Stéphane, Bor, Yeou-Cherng, Batt, Carl A., Postma, Pieter W., Pouwels, Peter H.

A 3-kb region, located downstream of the Lactobacillus brevis xylA gene (encoding d-xylose isomerase), was cloned in Escherichia coli TG1. The sequence revealed two open reading frames which could...

Phosphorylation and Functional Properties of the IIA Domain of the Lactose Transport Protein of Streptococcus thermophilus

Gunnewijk, Marga G. W., Postma, Pieter W., Poolman, Bert

The lactose-H+ symport protein (LacS) of Streptococcus thermophilus has a carboxyl-terminal regulatory domain (IIALacS) that is homologous to a family of proteins and protein domains of the...

Transport of d-Xylose in Lactobacillus pentosus, Lactobacillus casei, and Lactobacillus plantarum: Evidence for a Mechanism of Facilitated Diffusion via the Phosphoenolpyruvate:Mannose Phosphotransferase System

Chaillou, Stéphane, Pouwels, Peter H., Postma, Pieter W.

We have identified and characterized the d-xylose transport system of Lactobacillus pentosus. Uptake of d-xylose was not driven by the proton motive force generated by malolactic fermentation and...

Autoamplification of a Two-Component Regulatory System Results in “Learning” Behavior

Hoffer, Sally M., Westerhoff, Hans V., Hellingwerf, Klaas J., Postma, Pieter W., Tommassen, Jan

We have tested the hypothesis that the autoamplification of two-component regulatory systems results in “learning” behavior, i.e., that bacteria respond faster or more extensively to a signal...

Dephosphorylation of the Escherichia coli Transcriptional Antiterminator BglG by the Sugar Sensor BglF Is the Reversal of Its Phosphorylation

Chen, Qing, Postma, Pieter W., Amster-Choder, Orna

The Escherichia coli BglF protein catalyzes transport and phosphorylation of β-glucosides. In addition, BglF is a membrane sensor which reversibly phosphorylates the transcriptional regulator BglG,...

Cloning, Sequence Analysis, and Characterization of the Genes Involved in Isoprimeverose Metabolism in Lactobacillus pentosus

Chaillou, Stéphane, Lokman, B. Christien, Leer, Rob J., Posthuma, Clara, Postma, Pieter W., Pouwels, Peter H.

Two genes, xylP and xylQ, from the xylose regulon of Lactobacillus pentosus were cloned and sequenced. Together with the repressor gene of the regulon, xylR, the xylPQ genes form an operon which is...

Functional Expression in Lactobacillus plantarum of xylP Encoding the Isoprimeverose Transporter of Lactobacillus pentosus

Chaillou, Stéphane, Postma, Pieter W., Pouwels, Peter H.

The xylP gene of Lactobacillus pentosus, the first gene of the xylPQR operon, was recently found to be involved in isoprimeverose metabolism. By expression of xylP on a multicopy plasmid in...

Suppression of the ptsH Mutation in Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium by a DNA Fragment from Lactobacillus casei

Monedero, Vicente, Postma, Pieter W., Pérez-Martínez, Gaspar

A DNA fragment from Lactobacillus casei that restores growth to Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium ptsH mutants on glucose and other substrates of the phosphoenolpyruvate:carbohydrate...

Engineering of Primary Carbon Metabolism for Improved Antibiotic Production in Streptomyces lividans†

Butler, Michael J., Bruheim, Per, Jovetic, Srdjan, Marinelli, Flavia, Postma, Pieter W., Bibb, Mervyn J.

Deletions were made in Streptomyces lividans in either of two genes (zwf1 and zwf2) encoding isozymes of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, the first enzyme in the oxidative pentose phosphate pathway...

Cooperativity in Signal Transfer through the Uhp System of Escherichia coli

Verhamme, Daniël T., Postma, Pieter W., Crielaard, Wim, Hellingwerf, Klaas J.

The UhpABC regulatory system in enterobacteria controls the expression of the hexose phosphate transporter UhpT. Signaling is initiated through sensing of extracellular glucose 6-phosphate by...

Why the Phosphotransferase System of Escherichia coli Escapes Diffusion Limitation

Francke, Christof, Postma, Pieter W., Westerhoff, Hans V., Blom, Joke G., Peletier, Mark A.

We calculated the implications of diffusion for the phosphoenolpyruvate:glucose phosphotransferase system (glucose-PTS) of Escherichia coli in silicon cells of various magnitudes. For a cell of...

Implications of macromolecular crowding for signal transduction and metabolite channeling

Rohwer, Johann M., Postma, Pieter W., Kholodenko, Boris N., Westerhoff, Hans V.

The effect of different total enzyme concentrations on the flux through the bacterial phosphoenolpyruvate:carbohydrate phosphotransferase system (PTS) in vitro was determined by measuring...

Molecular Cloning and Functional Expression in Lactobacillus plantarum 80 of xylT, Encoding the d-Xylose–H+ Symporter of Lactobacillus brevis

Chaillou, Stéphane, Bor, Yeou-Cherng, Batt, Carl A., Postma, Pieter W., Pouwels, Peter H.

A 3-kb region, located downstream of the Lactobacillus brevis xylA gene (encoding d-xylose isomerase), was cloned in Escherichia coli TG1. The sequence revealed two open reading frames which could...

Phosphorylation and Functional Properties of the IIA Domain of the Lactose Transport Protein of Streptococcus thermophilus

Gunnewijk, Marga G. W., Postma, Pieter W., Poolman, Bert

The lactose-H+ symport protein (LacS) of Streptococcus thermophilus has a carboxyl-terminal regulatory domain (IIALacS) that is homologous to a family of proteins and protein domains of the...

Transport of d-Xylose in Lactobacillus pentosus, Lactobacillus casei, and Lactobacillus plantarum: Evidence for a Mechanism of Facilitated Diffusion via the Phosphoenolpyruvate:Mannose Phosphotransferase System

Chaillou, Stéphane, Pouwels, Peter H., Postma, Pieter W.

We have identified and characterized the d-xylose transport system of Lactobacillus pentosus. Uptake of d-xylose was not driven by the proton motive force generated by malolactic fermentation and...

Autoamplification of a Two-Component Regulatory System Results in “Learning” Behavior

Hoffer, Sally M., Westerhoff, Hans V., Hellingwerf, Klaas J., Postma, Pieter W., Tommassen, Jan

We have tested the hypothesis that the autoamplification of two-component regulatory systems results in “learning” behavior, i.e., that bacteria respond faster or more extensively to a signal...

Dephosphorylation of the Escherichia coli Transcriptional Antiterminator BglG by the Sugar Sensor BglF Is the Reversal of Its Phosphorylation

Chen, Qing, Postma, Pieter W., Amster-Choder, Orna

The Escherichia coli BglF protein catalyzes transport and phosphorylation of β-glucosides. In addition, BglF is a membrane sensor which reversibly phosphorylates the transcriptional regulator BglG,...

Cloning, Sequence Analysis, and Characterization of the Genes Involved in Isoprimeverose Metabolism in Lactobacillus pentosus

Chaillou, Stéphane, Lokman, B. Christien, Leer, Rob J., Posthuma, Clara, Postma, Pieter W., Pouwels, Peter H.

Two genes, xylP and xylQ, from the xylose regulon of Lactobacillus pentosus were cloned and sequenced. Together with the repressor gene of the regulon, xylR, the xylPQ genes form an operon which is...

Functional Expression in Lactobacillus plantarum of xylP Encoding the Isoprimeverose Transporter of Lactobacillus pentosus

Chaillou, Stéphane, Postma, Pieter W., Pouwels, Peter H.

The xylP gene of Lactobacillus pentosus, the first gene of the xylPQR operon, was recently found to be involved in isoprimeverose metabolism. By expression of xylP on a multicopy plasmid in...

Suppression of the ptsH Mutation in Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium by a DNA Fragment from Lactobacillus casei

Monedero, Vicente, Postma, Pieter W., Pérez-Martínez, Gaspar

A DNA fragment from Lactobacillus casei that restores growth to Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium ptsH mutants on glucose and other substrates of the phosphoenolpyruvate:carbohydrate...

Engineering of Primary Carbon Metabolism for Improved Antibiotic Production in Streptomyces lividans†

Butler, Michael J., Bruheim, Per, Jovetic, Srdjan, Marinelli, Flavia, Postma, Pieter W., Bibb, Mervyn J.

Deletions were made in Streptomyces lividans in either of two genes (zwf1 and zwf2) encoding isozymes of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, the first enzyme in the oxidative pentose phosphate pathway...

Cooperativity in Signal Transfer through the Uhp System of Escherichia coli

Verhamme, Daniël T., Postma, Pieter W., Crielaard, Wim, Hellingwerf, Klaas J.

The UhpABC regulatory system in enterobacteria controls the expression of the hexose phosphate transporter UhpT. Signaling is initiated through sensing of extracellular glucose 6-phosphate by...

Why the Phosphotransferase System of Escherichia coli Escapes Diffusion Limitation

Francke, Christof, Postma, Pieter W., Westerhoff, Hans V., Blom, Joke G., Peletier, Mark A.

We calculated the implications of diffusion for the phosphoenolpyruvate:glucose phosphotransferase system (glucose-PTS) of Escherichia coli in silicon cells of various magnitudes. For a cell of...

How Phosphotransferase System-Related Protein Phosphorylation Regulates Carbohydrate Metabolism in Bacteria†

Deutscher, Josef, Francke, Christof, Postma, Pieter W.

The phosphoenolpyruvate(PEP):carbohydrate phosphotransferase system (PTS) is found only in bacteria, where it catalyzes the transport and phosphorylation of numerous monosaccharides, disaccharides,...