Carbohydrate Metabolism in Agrobacterium tumefaciens
AUTOR(ES)
Arthur, Larry O.
RESUMO
The activity of pentose cycling (PC) reactions in Agrobacterium tumefaciens is much greater than that normally found in bacteria, and in this regard the organism represents a unique category. Equations specifically derived from radiorespirometric data for bacteria with high PC activity in the presence of an alternate pathway are presented. A. tumefaciens utilizes d-glucose by strictly aerobic mechanisms involving the Entner-Doudoroff (ED) and PC pathways; relative participation by the ED pathway is 55% and by the PC cycle, 44%. The 3-ketoglycose-synthesizing system in the bacterium does not affect the relative participation of these two pathways. Radiorespirometric and enzymatic analyses clearly demonstrate that the Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas pathway does not function. Studies on the oxidation of pyruvic, acetic, succinic, and glutamic acids show that terminal respiration includes both the tricarboxylic acid and glyoxylic acid cycles.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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