Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2053192 | FEBS Letters | 2005 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
The hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus metabolises glucose and galactose by a ‘promiscuous’ non-phosphorylative variant of the Entner–Doudoroff pathway, in which a series of enzymes have sufficient substrate promiscuity to permit the metabolism of both sugars. Recently, it has been proposed that the part-phosphorylative Entner–Doudoroff pathway occurs in parallel in S. solfataricus as an alternative route for glucose metabolism. In this report we demonstrate, by in vitro kinetic studies of d-2-keto-3-deoxygluconate (KDG) kinase and KDG aldolase, that the part-phosphorylative pathway in S. solfataricus is also promiscuous for the metabolism of both glucose and galactose.
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Authors
Henry J. Lamble, Alex Theodossis, Christine C. Milburn, Garry L. Taylor, Steven D. Bull, David W. Hough, Michael J. Danson,