title: L-glucitol catabolism in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Ac.
abstract: The carbohydrate catabolism of the bacterium Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Ac (previously named Pseudomonas sp. strain Ac), which is known to convert the unnatural polyol L-glucitol to D-sorbose during growth on the former as the sole source of carbon and energy, was studied in detail. All enzymes operating in a pathway that channels L-glucitol via D-sorbose into compounds of the intermediary metabolism were demonstrated, and for some prominent reactions the products of conversion were identified. D-Sorbose was converted by C-3 epimerization to D-tagatose, which, in turn, was isomerized to D-galactose. D-Galactose was the initial substrate of the De Ley-Doudoroff pathway, involving reactions of NAD-dependent oxidation of D-galactose to D-galactonate, its dehydration to 2-keto-3-deoxy-D-galactonate, and its phosphorylation to 2-keto-3-deoxy-D-galactonate 6-phosphate. Finally, aldol cleavage yielded pyruvate and D-glycerate 3-phosphate as the central metabolic intermediates.
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl für Angewandte Mikrobiologie, Universität des Saarlandes, D-66041 Saarbrücken, Germany.
authors.forename: Elke
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brechtel
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Huwig
authors.forename: Friedrich
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Giffhorn
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D005690:Galactose / Q000378:metabolism; D006601:Hexoses / Q000378:metabolism; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D013012:Sorbitol / Q000378:metabolism*; D013013:Sorbose / Q000378:metabolism; D020615:Stenotrophomonas maltophilia / Q000201:enzymology / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D006601:Hexoses; D013012:Sorbitol; D013013:Sorbose; C030192:tagatose; D005690:Galactose