Shinjoh Masako, Tazoe Masaaki, Hoshino Tatsuo
Department of Applied Microbiology, Nippon Roche Research Center, 200 Kajiwara, Kamakura 247, Japan.
J Bacteriol. 2002 Feb;184(3):861-3. doi: 10.1128/JB.184.3.861-863.2002.
The NADPH-dependent L-sorbose reductase (SR) of L-sorbose-producing Gluconobacter suboxydans IFO 3291 contributes to intracellular L-sorbose assimilation. The gene disruptant showed no SR activity and did not assimilate the once-produced L-sorbose, indicating that the SR functions mainly as an L-sorbose-reducing enzyme in vivo and not as a D-sorbitol-oxidizing enzyme.
产L-山梨糖的弱氧化葡糖杆菌IFO 3291中依赖烟酰胺腺嘌呤二核苷酸磷酸(NADPH)的L-山梨糖还原酶(SR)有助于细胞内L-山梨糖的同化作用。该基因破坏突变体没有SR活性,也不能同化曾经产生的L-山梨糖,这表明SR在体内主要作为L-山梨糖还原酶发挥作用,而不是作为D-山梨醇氧化酶发挥作用。