CHARACTERIZATION OF AN ASPERGILLUS-NIDULANS L-ARABITOL DEHYDROGENASE MUTANT
CHARACTERIZATION OF AN ASPERGILLUS-NIDULANS L-ARABITOL DEHYDROGENASE MUTANT
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DOI:
10.1016/0378-1097(94)90278-x
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发表时间:
1994-10-15
影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
VISSER, J
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作者:
DEVRIES, RP;FLIPPHI, MJA;VISSER, J
The degradation pathway for L-arabinose, which consists of a sequence of alternating reduction and oxidation reactions prior to ultimate phosphorylation, was studied in Aspergillus nidulans wild-type as well as in an L-arabinose non-utilizing mutant. The inability of the mutant to use L-arabinose was caused by the absence of L-arabitol dehydrogenase activity. The effect of the mutation on polyol accumulation patterns was studied upon growth on various carbon sources. The presence of L-arabinose resulted in intracellular accumulation of arabitol in this mutant. Moreover, the mutant secreted arabitol under these conditions and, in contrast to the wild-type, featured enhanced expression of enzymes involved in L-arabinose catabolism as well as of extracellular glycosyl hydrolases involved in degradation of the plant cell wall polysaccharide L-arabinan.