Metabolic changes in a glucokinase-deficient obligate methanotroph Methylotuvimicrobium alcaliphilum
A mutant strain of halotolerant obligate metanotroph Methylotuvimicrobium alcaliphlum 20Z-G lacking glucokinase, which phosphorylates glucose to glucose-6-phosphate, exhibited low levels of glycogen and sucrose in cells. Transcriptomic analysis was performed to reveal metabolic changes in this strain.