Ribitol and D-arabitol catabolism in Escherichia coli
- 1 May 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology
- Vol. 134 (2) , 492-500
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.134.2.492-500.1978
Abstract
In Escherichia coli C, the catabolism of the pentitols ribitol and D-arabitol proceeds through separate, inducible operons, each consisting of a dehydrogenase and a kinase. The ribitol operon is induced in response to ribulose, and the D-arabitol operon is induced in response to D-arabitol. Each operon is under negative control. The genes of the ribitol and D-arabitol operons are very closely linked and lie in a mirror image arrangement, rtlB-rtlA-rtlC-atlC-atlA-atlB, between metG and his on the E. coli chromosome.This publication has 34 references indexed in Scilit:
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