Isolation of a Mutant of Salmonella typhimurium Dependent on D-Arabinose-5-phosphate for Growth and Synthesis of 3-Deoxy-D-mannoctulosonate (Ketodeoxyoctonate)
- 1 December 1972
- journal article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 69 (12) , 3756-3760
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.69.12.3756
Abstract
A new type of auxotrophic mutant of Salmonella typhimurium has been isolated that is defective in the synthesis of the 3-deoxy-D-mannooctulosonate (ketodeoxyoctonate) region of the lipopolysaccharide and requires D-arabinose-5-phosphate for growth. Genetic and biochemical evidence indicated that the mutant defect was due to an altered ketodeoxyoctonate-8-phosphate synthetase with an apparent K(m) for D-arabinose-5-phosphate 35-fold higher than that of the parental enzyme. As a result of this enzymatic lesion, the mutant strain was dependent on exogenous D-arabinose-5-phosphate both for growth and for synthesis of a complete lipopolysaccharide.Keywords
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