Manuel Zúñiga

Unraveling the evolutionary history of the phosphoryl-transfer chain of the phosphoenolpyruvate:phosphotransferase system through phylogenetic analyses and genome context (2008)

Comas, Iñaki, González-Candelas, Fernando, Zúñiga, Manuel

Abstract Background The phosphoenolpyruvate phosphotransferase system (PTS) plays a major role in sugar transport and in the regulation of essential physiological processes in many bacteria. The PTS...

Unraveling the evolutionary history of the phosphoryl-transfer chain of the phosphoenolpyruvate:phosphotransferase system through phylogenetic analyses and genome context (2008)

Zúñiga, Manuel, Comas, Iñaqui, González Candelas, Fernando

[Background] The phosphoenolpyruvate phosphotransferase system (PTS) plays a major role in sugar transport and in the regulation of essential physiological processes in many bacteria. The PTS couples...

Horizontal Gene Transfer in the Molecular Evolution of Mannose PTS Transporters (2005)

Zúñiga, Manuel, Comas, Iñaki, Linaje, Raquel, Monedero, Vicente, Yebra, María Jesús, Esteban, Carlos David, ...

The phosphoenolpyruvate:carbohydrate phosphotransferase system (PTS) represents hitherto the only example of group translocation transport systems. PTS transporters are exclusively found in bacteria...

Horizontal Gene Transfer in the Molecular Evolution of Mannose PTS Transporters (2005)

Zúñiga, Manuel, Comas, Iñaki, Linaje, Raquel, Monedero, Vicente, Yebra, María Jesús, Esteban, Carlos David, ...

The phosphoenolpyruvate:carbohydrate phosphotransferase system (PTS) represents hitherto the only example of group translocation transport systems. PTS transporters are exclusively found in bacteria...

Horizontal Gene Transfer in the Molecular Evolution of Mannose PTS Transporters (2005)

Zúñiga, Manuel, Comas, Iñaki, Linaje, Raquel, Monedero, Vicente, Yebra, María Jesús, Esteban, Carlos David, ...

The phosphoenolpyruvate:carbohydrate phosphotransferase system (PTS) represents hitherto the only example of group translocation transport systems. PTS transporters are exclusively found in bacteria...

The Product of arcR, the Sixth Gene of the arc Operon of Lactobacillus sakei, Is Essential for Expression of the Arginine Deiminase Pathway (2002)

Zúñiga, Manuel, Miralles, María Del Carmen, Pérez Martínez, Gaspar

Lactobacillus sakei is a lactic acid bacterium commonly used as a starter culture for dry sausage production and can utilize arginine via the arginine deiminase pathway. The arcABCTD cluster of L....

The Product of arcR, the Sixth Gene of the arc Operon of Lactobacillus sakei, Is Essential for Expression of the Arginine Deiminase Pathway (2002)

Zúñiga, Manuel, Miralles, María Del Carmen, Pérez Martínez, Gaspar

Lactobacillus sakei is a lactic acid bacterium commonly used as a starter culture for dry sausage production and can utilize arginine via the arginine deiminase pathway. The arcABCTD cluster of L....

Characterization of the Putative Replisome Organizer of the Lactococcal Bacteriophage r1t (2002)

Zúñiga, Manuel, Franke-Fayard, Blandine, Venema, Gerard, Kok, Jan, Nauta, Arjen

Analysis of the nucleotide sequence of the genome of the lactococcal bacteriophage r1t showed that it may encode at least two proteins involved in DNA replication. On the basis of its similarity with...

Structural and Functional Analysis of the Gene Cluster Encoding the Enzymes of the Arginine Deiminase Pathway of Lactobacillus sake

Zúñiga, Manuel, Champomier-Verges, Marie, Zagorec, Monique, Pérez-Martínez, Gaspar

Lactobacillus sake can use arginine via the arginine deiminase (ADI) pathway. We designed degenerate primers based on an alignment of known sequences of ornithine transcarbamoylase (OTC)-encoding...

The Product of arcR, the Sixth Gene of the arc Operon of Lactobacillus sakei, Is Essential for Expression of the Arginine Deiminase Pathway

Zúñiga, Manuel, Miralles, María Del Carmen, Pérez-Martínez, Gaspar

Lactobacillus sakei is a lactic acid bacterium commonly used as a starter culture for dry sausage production and can utilize arginine via the arginine deiminase pathway. The arcABCTD cluster of L....

Characterization of the Putative Replisome Organizer of the Lactococcal Bacteriophage r1t

Zúñiga, Manuel, Franke-Fayard, Blandine, Venema, Gerard, Kok, Jan, Nauta, Arjen

Analysis of the nucleotide sequence of the genome of the lactococcal bacteriophage r1t showed that it may encode at least two proteins involved in DNA replication. On the basis of its similarity with...

Dynamics of Microbial Populations during Fermentation of Wines from the Utiel-Requena Region of Spain

Pardo, Isabel, García, María José, Zúñiga, Manuel, Uruburu, Federico

The dynamics of fungi, yeasts, and lactic acid bacteria during fermentation of four musts were studied. Fungi disappeared quickly in the fermenting must. The lactic acid bacteria population...

Structural and Functional Analysis of the Gene Cluster Encoding the Enzymes of the Arginine Deiminase Pathway of Lactobacillus sake

Zúñiga, Manuel, Champomier-Verges, Marie, Zagorec, Monique, Pérez-Martínez, Gaspar

Lactobacillus sake can use arginine via the arginine deiminase (ADI) pathway. We designed degenerate primers based on an alignment of known sequences of ornithine transcarbamoylase (OTC)-encoding...

The Product of arcR, the Sixth Gene of the arc Operon of Lactobacillus sakei, Is Essential for Expression of the Arginine Deiminase Pathway

Zúñiga, Manuel, Miralles, María Del Carmen, Pérez-Martínez, Gaspar

Lactobacillus sakei is a lactic acid bacterium commonly used as a starter culture for dry sausage production and can utilize arginine via the arginine deiminase pathway. The arcABCTD cluster of L....

Characterization of the Putative Replisome Organizer of the Lactococcal Bacteriophage r1t

Zúñiga, Manuel, Franke-Fayard, Blandine, Venema, Gerard, Kok, Jan, Nauta, Arjen

Analysis of the nucleotide sequence of the genome of the lactococcal bacteriophage r1t showed that it may encode at least two proteins involved in DNA replication. On the basis of its similarity with...

Dynamics of Microbial Populations during Fermentation of Wines from the Utiel-Requena Region of Spain

Pardo, Isabel, García, María José, Zúñiga, Manuel, Uruburu, Federico

The dynamics of fungi, yeasts, and lactic acid bacteria during fermentation of four musts were studied. Fungi disappeared quickly in the fermenting must. The lactic acid bacteria population...

Identification of a Gene Cluster Enabling Lactobacillus casei BL23 To Utilize myo-Inositol▿ †

Yebra, María Jesús, Zúñiga, Manuel, Beaufils, Sophie, Pérez-Martínez, Gaspar, Deutscher, Josef, Monedero, Vicente

Genome analysis of Lactobacillus casei BL23 revealed that, compared to L. casei ATCC 334, it carries a 12.8-kb DNA insertion containing genes involved in the catabolism of the cyclic polyol...

Lipoprotein ratios: Physiological significance and clinical usefulness in cardiovascular prevention

Millán, Jesús, Pintó, Xavier, Muñoz, Anna, Zúñiga, Manuel, Rubiés-Prat, Joan, Pallardo, Luis Felipe, ...

Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol concentration has been the prime index of cardiovascular disease risk and the main target for therapy. However, several lipoprotein ratios or “atherogenic...