Metabolism of d-Arabinose: a New Pathway in Escherichia coli1
AUTOR(ES)
LeBlanc, Donald J.
RESUMO
Several growth characteristics of Escherichia coli K-12 suggest that growth on l-fucose results in the synthesis of all the enzymes necessary for growth on d-arabinose. Conversely, when a mutant of E. coli is grown on d-arabinose, all of the enzymes necessary for immediate growth on l-fucose are present. Three enzymes of the l-fucose pathway in E. coli, l-fucose isomerase, l-fuculokinase, and l-fuculose-l-phospháte aldolase possess activity on d-arabinose, d-ribulose, and d-ribulose-l-phosphate, respectively. The products of the aldolase, with d-ribulose-l-phosphate as substrate, are dihydroxyacetone phosphate and glycolaldehyde. l-Fucose, but not d-arabinose, is capable of inducing these activities in wild-type E. coli. In mutants capable of utilizing d-arabinose as sole source of carbon and energy, these activities are induced in the presence of d-arabinose and in the presence of l-fucose. Mutants unable to utilize l-fucose, selected from strains capable of growth on d-arabinose, are found to have lost the ability to grow on d-arabinose. Enzymatic analysis of cell-free extracts, prepared from cultures of these mutants, reveals that a deficiency in any of the l-fucose pathway enzymes results in the loss of ability to utilize d-arabinose. Thus, the pathway of d-arabinose catabolism in E. coli K-12 is believed to be: d-arabinose ⇌ d-ribulose → d-ribulose-l-phosphate ⇌ dihydroxyacetone phosphate plus glycolaldehyde. Evidence is presented which suggests that the glycolaldehyde is further oxidized to glycolate.
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