title: Determination of 3-deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonate 7-phosphate productivity and yield from glucose in Escherichia coli devoid of the glucose phosphotransferase transport system.
abstract: The effect of inactivation of the glucose phosphotransferase transport system (PTS) on 3-deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonate 7-phosphate (DAHP) productivity and yield from glucose in Escherichia coli is reported. Strains used in this study were the PTS(+) PB103 and its PTS(-) glucose(+) derivative NF9. Their aroB(-) derivatives PB103B and NF9B were constructed to allow accurate measurement of total carbon flow into the aromatic pathway. The measured specific rates of DAHP synthesis were 0.55 and 0.94 mmol/g-dcw. h and the DAHP molar yields from glucose were 0.43 and 0.71 mol/mol for the PTS(+) aroB(-)and the PTS(-) glucose(+) aroB(-)strains, respectively. For the latter strain, this value represents 83% of the maximum theoretical yield for DAHP synthesis from glucose.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apdo. Postal 510-3. Cuernavaca, Morelos 62250, México.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Báez
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bolívar
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gosset
mesh_terms: D001692:Biological Transport; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D009154:Mutation; D010731:Phosphoenolpyruvate Sugar Phosphotransferase System / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D013403:Sugar Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D013403:Sugar Phosphates; C013469:3-deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonate-7-phosphate; D010731:Phosphoenolpyruvate Sugar Phosphotransferase System; D005947:Glucose