Walt Angelique, Kahn Michael L
Institute of Biological Chemistry and School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman 99164-6340, USA.
J Bacteriol. 2002 Jul;184(14):4044-7. doi: 10.1128/JB.184.14.4044-4047.2002.
In Escherichia coli, the use of carnitine as a terminal electron acceptor depends on a functional caiTABCDE operon. It had been suggested that the adjacent but divergent fixABCX operon is also required for carnitine metabolism, perhaps to provide electrons for carnitine reduction. We have constructed E. coli fixA and fixB mutants and find that they are unable to reduce carnitine to gamma-butyrobetaine under anaerobic conditions.
在大肠杆菌中,将肉碱用作末端电子受体取决于功能性的caiTABCDE操纵子。有人提出,相邻但方向相反的fixABCX操纵子对于肉碱代谢也是必需的,可能是为肉碱还原提供电子。我们构建了大肠杆菌fixA和fixB突变体,发现它们在厌氧条件下无法将肉碱还原为γ-丁酸甜菜碱。