title: [Comparative study of xylose(glucose) isomerase synthesis in Arthrobacter strains].
abstract: The substrate specificity of isomerases produced by six strains of Arthrobacter sp. was studied. The role of utilizable carbon sources in controlling enzyme biosynthesis was established. All of the strains studied were found to produce xylose isomerases efficiently, converting D-xylose into D-xylulose and D-glucose into D-fructose. All but A. ureafaciens B-6 strains showed low activity toward D-ribose, Arthrobacter sp. B-5 was slightly active toward L-arabinose, and A. ureafaciens B-6 and Arthrobacter sp. B-2239, toward L-rhamnose. In Arthrobacter sp. B-5, the synthesis of xylose/glucose isomerase was constitutive (i.e., it was not suppressed by readily metabolizable carbon sources). The synthesis of xylose/glucose isomerase induced by D-xylose in Arthrobacter sp. strains B-2239, B-2240, B-2241, and B-2242 and by D-xylose and xylitol in A. ureafaciens B-6 was suppressed by readily metabolizable carbon sources in a concentration-dependent manner. The data obtained suggest that D-xylose and/or its metabolites are involved in the regulation of xylose/glucose isomerase synthesis in the Arthrobacter sp. strains B-5, B-2239, B-2240, and B-2241.
authors: Institute of Microbiology, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, ul. Kuprevicha 2, Minsk, 220141 Belarus.
authors: L I
authors: LI
authors: Sapunova
authors: I O
authors: IO
authors: Kazakevich
authors: E V
authors: EV
authors: Parakhnia
mesh_terms: D019747:Aldose-Ketose Isomerases / Q000378:metabolism*; D001173:Arthrobacter / Q000201:enzymology*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D019747:Aldose-Ketose Isomerases; C023298:xylose isomerase