Phillips A T, Nuss J I, Moosic J, Foshay C
J Bacteriol. 1972 Feb;109(2):714-9. doi: 10.1128/jb.109.2.714-719.1972.
A threonine dehydrataseless mutant of Escherichia coli, Crookes strain, was observed to grow on an acetate minimal medium without the usual requirement for isoleucine supplementation. Both the wild-type Crookes strain and a threonine auxotroph metabolized l-glutamate-1-(14)C to l-isoleucine-1-(14)C with no appreciable randomization, suggesting that a pathway for isoleucine formation from glutamate via beta-methylaspartate, beta-methyloxaloacetate, and alpha-ketobutyrate was possible in addition to the pathway from threonine and alpha-ketobutyrate. Crude cell-free extracts formed (14)C-beta-methylaspartate from (14)C-glutamate, and the conversion of beta-methylaspartate to alpha-ketobutyrate was also demonstrated, thus supporting the conclusion that glutamate can serve as a precursor of alpha-ketobutyrate (and isoleucine) without the necessary involvement of threonine as an intermediate.
观察到大肠杆菌克鲁克斯菌株的一种无苏氨酸脱水酶突变体能够在乙酸盐基本培养基上生长,而无需像往常那样添加异亮氨酸。野生型克鲁克斯菌株和苏氨酸营养缺陷型菌株都能将L-谷氨酸-1-(14)C代谢为L-异亮氨酸-1-(14)C,且没有明显的随机化现象,这表明除了从苏氨酸和α-酮丁酸形成异亮氨酸的途径外,还可能存在一条从谷氨酸经β-甲基天冬氨酸、β-甲基草酰乙酸和α-酮丁酸形成异亮氨酸的途径。粗制的无细胞提取物能从(14)C-谷氨酸形成(14)C-β-甲基天冬氨酸,并且还证实了β-甲基天冬氨酸向α-酮丁酸的转化,从而支持了谷氨酸可以作为α-酮丁酸(和异亮氨酸)的前体而无需苏氨酸作为中间产物参与的结论。