| REF. | AUTHORS | TITLE | JOURNAL | VOL. | PAGES | YEAR | ORGANISM | LINK TO PUBMED | SOURCE |
| 210317 | Barron, A.; Jung, J.U.; Villarejo, M. | Purification and characterization of a glycine betaine binding protein from Escherichia coli | J. Biol. Chem. | 262 | 11841-11846 | 1987 | Escherichia coli | PubMed |  |
| 210318 | Van der Heide, T.; Poolman, B. | Osmoregulated ABC-transport system of Lactococcus lactis senses water stress via changes in the physical state of the membrane | Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA | 97 | 7102-7106 | 2000 | Bacillus subtilis, Lactococcus lactis | PubMed |  |
| 210319 | May, G.; Faatz, E.; Villarejo, M.; Bremer, E. | Binding protein dependent transport of glycine betaine and its osmotic regulation in Escherichia coli K12 | Mol. Gen. Genet. | 205 | 225-233 | 1986 | Escherichia coli | PubMed |  |
| 210320 | Kempf, B.; Bremer, E. | OpuA, an osmotically regulated binding protein-dependent transport system for the osmoprotectant glycine betaine in Bacillus subtilis | J. Biol. Chem. | 270 | 16701-16713 | 1995 | Bacillus subtilis | PubMed |  |
| 210321 | Kempf, B.; Gade, J.; Bremer, E. | Lipoprotein from the osmoregulated ABC transport system OpuA of Bacillus subtilis: purification of the glycine betaine binding protein and characterization of a functional lipidless mutant | J. Bacteriol. | 179 | 6213-6220 | 1997 | Bacillus subtilis | PubMed |  |
| 210322 | Obis, D.; Guillot, A.; Gripon, J.C.; Renault, P.; Bolotin, A.; Mistou, M.Y. | Genetic and biochemical characterization of a high-affinity betaine uptake system (BusA) in Lactococcus lactis reveals a new functional organization within bacterial ABC transporters | J. Bacteriol. | 181 | 6238-6246 | 1999 | Lactococcus lactis | PubMed |  |
| 210323 | Gerhardt, P.N.; Tombras Smith, L.; Smith, G.M. | Osmotic and chill activation of glycine betaine porter II in Listeria monocytogenes membrane vesicles | J. Bacteriol. | 182 | 2544-2550 | 2000 | Listeria monocytogenes | PubMed |  |
| 210324 | Ko, R.; Smith, L.T. | Identification of an ATP-driven, osmoregulated glycine betaine transport system in Listeria monocytogenes | Appl. Environ. Microbiol. | 65 | 4040-4048 | 1999 | Listeria monocytogenes | PubMed |  |
| 210325 | Kappes, R.M.; Kempf, B.; Bremer, E. | Three transport systems for the osmoprotectant glycine betaine operate in Bacillus subtilis: characterization of OpuD | J. Bacteriol. | 178 | 5071-5079 | 1996 | Bacillus subtilis | PubMed |  |
| 655328 | van der Heide, T.; Stuart, M.C.A.; Poolman, B. | On the osmotic signal and osmosensing mechanism of an ABC transport system for glycine betaine | EMBO J. | 20 | 7022-7032 | 2001 | Lactococcus lactis | PubMed |  |
| 655339 | Biemans-Oldehinkel, E.; Poolman, B. | On the role of the two extracytoplasmic substrate-binding domains in the ABC transporter OpuA | EMBO J. | 22 | 5983-5993 | 2003 | Lactococcus lactis | PubMed |  |
| 656531 | Horn, C.; Bremer, E.; Schmitt, L. | Nucleotide dependent monomer/dimer equilibrium of OpuAA, the nucleotide-binding protein of the osmotically regulated ABC transporter OpuA from Bacillus subtilis | J. Mol. Biol. | 334 | 403-419 | 2003 | Bacillus subtilis | PubMed |  |
| 656670 | Patzlaff, J.S.; van der Heide, T.; Poolman, B. | The ATP/substrate stoichiometry of the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter OpuA | J.Biol.Chem. | 278 | 29546-29551 | 2003 | Lactococcus lactis | PubMed |  |
| 656842 | Romeo, Y.; Obis, D.; Bouvier, J.; Guillot, A.; Fourçans, A.; Bouvier, I.; Gutierrez, C.; Mistou, MY. | Osmoregulation in Lactococcus lactis: BusR, a transcriptional repressor of the glycine betaine uptake system BusA | Mol.Microbiol. | 47 | 1135-1147 | 2003 | Lactococcus lactis | PubMed |  |
| 671408 | Wemekamp-Kamphuis, H.H.; Sleator, R.D.; Wouters, J.A.; Hill, C.; Abee, T. | Molecular and physiological analysis of the role of osmolyte transporters BetL, Gbu, and OpuC in growth of Listeria monocytogenes at low temperatures | Appl. Environ. Microbiol. | 70 | 2912-2918 | 2004 | Listeria monocytogenes | PubMed |  |
| 671475 | Laloknam, S.; Tanaka, K.; Buaboocha, T.; Waditee, R.; Incharoensakdi, A.; Hibino, T.; Tanaka, Y.; Takabe, T. | Halotolerant cyanobacterium Aphanothece halophytica contains a betaine transporter active at alkaline pH and high salinity | Appl. Environ. Microbiol. | 72 | 6018-6026 | 2006 | Aphanothece halophytica | PubMed |  |
| 673631 | Horn, C.; Bremer, E.; Schmitt, L. | Functional overexpression and in vitro re-association of OpuA, an osmotically regulated ABC-transport complex from Bacillus subtilis | FEBS Lett. | 579 | 5765-5768 | 2005 | Bacillus subtilis | PubMed |  |
| 674235 | Holtmann, G.; Bremer, E. | Thermoprotection of Bacillus subtilis by exogenously provided glycine betaine and structurally related compatible solutes: involvement of Opu transporters | J. Bacteriol. | 186 | 1683-1693 | 2004 | Bacillus subtilis | PubMed |  |
| 674236 | Cetin, M.S.; Zhang, C.; Hutkins, R.W.; Benson, A.K. | Regulation of transcription of compatible solute transporters by the general stress sigma factor, sigmaB, in Listeria monocytogenes | J. Bacteriol. | 186 | 794-802 | 2004 | Listeria monocytogenes | PubMed |  |
| 674658 | Mahmood, N.A.; Biemans-Oldehinkel, E.; Patzlaff, J.S.; Schuurman-Wolters, G.K.; Poolman, B. | Ion specificity and ionic strength dependence of the osmoregulatory ABC transporter OpuA | J. Biol. Chem. | 281 | 29830-29839 | 2006 | Lactococcus lactis | PubMed |  |
| 675375 | Horn, C.; Sohn-Boesser, L.; Breed, J.; Welte, W.; Schmitt, L.; Bremer, E. | Molecular determinants for substrate specificity of the ligand-binding protein OpuAC from Bacillus subtilis for the compatible solutes glycine betaine and proline betaine | J. Mol. Biol. | 357 | 592-606 | 2006 | Bacillus subtilis | PubMed |  |
| 675495 | Horn, C.; Jenewein, S.; Sohn-Boesser, L.; Bremer, E.; Schmitt, L. | Biochemical and structural analysis of the Bacillus subtilis ABC transporter OpuA and its isolated subunits | J. Mol. Microbiol. Biotechnol. | 10 | 76-91 | 2005 | Bacillus subtilis, Lactococcus lactis | PubMed |  |
| 680504 | Chen, C.; Beattie, G.A. | Characterization of the osmoprotectant transporter OpuC from Pseudomonas syringae and demonstration that cystathionine-beta-synthase domains are required for its osmoregulatory function | J. Bacteriol. | 189 | 6901-6912 | 2007 | Pseudomonas syringae | PubMed |  |
| 685001 | Horn, C.; Jenewein, S.; Tschapek, B.; Bouschen, W.; Metzger, S.; Bremer, E.; Schmitt, L. | Monitoring conformational changes during the catalytic cycle of OpuAA, the ATPase subunit of the ABC transporter OpuA from Bacillus subtilis | Biochem. J. | 412 | 233-244 | 2008 | Bacillus subtilis | PubMed |  |
| 687343 | Dreux, N.; Albagnac, C.; Sleator, R.D.; Hill, C.; Carlin, F.; Morris, C.E.; Nguyen-the, C. | Glycine betaine improves Listeria monocytogenes tolerance to desiccation on parsley leaves independent of the osmolyte transporters BetL, Gbu and OpuC | J. Appl. Microbiol. | 104 | 1221-1227 | 2008 | Listeria monocytogenes | PubMed |  |
| 698590 | Smits, S.H.; Hoeing, M.; Lecher, J.; Jebbar, M.; Schmitt, L.; Bremer, E. | The compatible-solute-binding protein OpuAC from Bacillus subtilis: ligand binding, site-directed mutagenesis, and crystallographic studies | J. Bacteriol. | 190 | 5663-5671 | 2008 | Bacillus subtilis | PubMed |  |