Growth, enzyme levels, and some metabolic properties of an Escherichia coli mutant grown on L-threonine as the sole carbon source.

AUTOR(ES)

Boylan, S A

RESUMO

A mutant of Escherichia coli (designated E. coli SBD-76) that utilizes L-threonine as the sole carbon source was isolated. In contrast with levels in extracts of wild-type cells, the levels of threonine dehydrogenase in extracts of this mutant were 100-fold higher than levels of threonine aldolase or degradative threonine dehydratase. Catabolite repression of threonine dehydrogenase was manifested in wild-type, but not SBD-76, cells. For purposes of isolating enzymes, large quantities of SBD-76 cells with the elevated threonine dehydrogenase level could be grown in a fermentor in modified Fraser medium containing 1% glycerol, rather than in the 0.2% L-threonine minimal medium used to isolate the mutant. SBD-76 cells grown on L-threonine excreted glycine and aminoacetone into the medium, and extracts of the mutant strain catalyzed a quantitative conversion of L-threonine to glycine and aminoacetone.

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