Synthesis of oxaloacetate in Bacillus subtilis mutants lacking the 2-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase enzymatic complex.
AUTOR(ES)
Fisher, S H
RESUMO
Bacillus subtilis mutants deficient in the 2-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase enzymatic complex required aspartate for growth at wild-type rates on carbon sources for which synthesis of the degradative enzymes is sensitive to catabolite repression (e.g., poor carbon sources), but did not require aspartate for growth on carbon sources which exert catabolite repression (e.g., good carbon sources). Measurement of metabolite pools in a mutant lacking the 2-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase active complex showed that the aspartate requirement for growth on poor carbon sources resulted from a deficiency in intracellular oxaloacetate pools even through pyruvate carboxylase was present at levels corresponding to those in wild-type cells. The oxaloacetate deficiency most likely resulted from the inability of the mutant to regenerate oxaloacetate from citrate due to the enzymatic block in the tricarboxylic acid cycle. Mutants in the enzymes of the dicarboxylic acid half of the citric acid cycle similarly required aspartate for wild-type growth in minimal medium. These results suggested that the complete turning of the tricarboxylic acid cycle is involved in the maintainance of oxaloacetate levels in B. subtilis. The ability of the mutants lacking the 2-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase enzymatic complex to grow at wild-type rates on media containing good carbon sources in the absence of exogenous aspartate is not understood.
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