ABSTRACT
The presence of two systems in
Escherichia coli
for gluconate transport and phosphorylation is puzzling. The main system, GntI, is well characterized, while the subsidiary system, GntII, is poorly understood. Genomic sequence analysis of the region known to contain genes of the GntII system led to a hypothesis which was tested biochemically and confirmed: the GntII system encodes a pathway for catabolism of
l
-idonic acid in which
d
-gluconate is an intermediate. The genes have been named accordingly: the
idnK
gene, encoding a thermosensitive gluconate kinase, is monocistronic and transcribed divergently from the
idnD-idnO-idnT-idnR
operon, which encodes
l
-idonate 5-dehydrogenase, 5-keto-
d
-gluconate 5-reductase, an
l
-idonate transporter, and an
l
-idonate regulatory protein, respectively. The metabolic sequence is as follows: IdnT allows uptake of
l
-idonate; IdnD catalyzes a reversible oxidation of
l
-idonate to form 5-ketogluconate; IdnO catalyzes a reversible reduction of 5-ketogluconate to form
d
-gluconate; IdnK catalyzes an ATP-dependent phosphorylation of
d
-gluconate to form 6-phosphogluconate, which is metabolized further via the Entner-Doudoroff pathway; and IdnR appears to act as a positive regulator of the IdnR regulon, with
l
-idonate or 5-ketogluconate serving as the true inducer of the pathway. The
l
-idonate 5-dehydrogenase and 5-keto-
d
-gluconate 5-reductase reactions were characterized both chemically and biochemically by using crude cell extracts, and it was firmly established that these two enzymes allow for the redox-coupled interconversion of
l
-idonate and
d
-gluconate via the intermediate 5-ketogluconate.
E. coli
K-12 strains are able to utilize
l
-idonate as the sole carbon and energy source, and as predicted, the ability of
idnD
,
idnK
,
idnR
, and
edd
mutants to grow on
l
-idonate is altered.
摘要
大肠杆菌中存在两个系统
大肠杆菌
葡萄糖酸盐转运和磷酸化的两个系统令人费解。主系统 GntI 的特征十分明确,而附属系统 GntII 却鲜为人知。对已知含有 GntII 系统基因的区域进行基因组序列分析后,我们提出了一个假设,并对该假设进行了生物化学测试和证实:GntII 系统编码的是一条葡萄糖酸盐的分解途径。
l
-酸的代谢途径,其中
d
-葡萄糖酸是中间产物。这些基因被相应地命名为
idnK
基因编码一种热敏葡萄糖酸激酶,是单序列基因,与
idnD-idnO-idnT-idnR
操作子,该操作子编码
l
-酮酸 5-脱氢酶、5-酮-
d
-葡萄糖酸 5-还原酶、一个
l
-亚酮酸转运体和
l
-调节蛋白。代谢顺序如下:IdnT 允许吸收
l
-idonate 的可逆氧化;IdnD 催化 l
l
-生成 5-酮基葡萄糖酸;IdnO 催化 5-酮基葡萄糖酸的可逆还原生成
d
-葡萄糖酸;IdnK 催化依赖于 ATP 的
d
-葡萄糖酸盐形成 6-磷酸葡萄糖酸盐,后者通过 Entner-Doudoroff 途径进一步代谢;IdnR 似乎充当 IdnR 调节子的正向调节器,与
l
-酮或 5-酮基葡萄糖酸作为该途径的真正诱导剂。l
l
5-idonate 5-脱氢酶和 5-Keto-
d
-葡萄糖酸 5-还原酶反应的化学和生物化学特征。
l
-和
d
-葡萄糖酸通过中间体 5-酮基葡萄糖酸进行氧化还原耦合相互转化。
大肠杆菌
K-12 菌株能够利用
l
-葡萄糖酸作为唯一的碳源和能量来源。
idnD
,
idnK
,
idnR
和
edd
突变体在
l
-发生改变。