Genetic analysis of a novel pathway for D-xylose metabolism in Caulobacter crescentus.

ABSTRACT: Genetic data suggest that the oligotrophic freshwater bacterium Caulobacter crescentus metabolizes D-xylose through a pathway yielding alpha-ketoglutarate, comparable to the recently described L-arabinose degradation pathway of Azospirillum brasilense. Enzymes of the C. crescentus pathway, including an NAD(+)-dependent xylose dehydrogenase, are encoded in the xylose-inducible xylXABCD operon (CC0823-CC0819).

SUBMITTER: Stephens C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1855722 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature