Azam F, Kuo S C, Cirillo V P
J Bacteriol. 1971 Jun;106(3):915-9. doi: 10.1128/jb.106.3.915-919.1971.
The previous report from this laboratory that l-arabinose is a gratuitous inducer of the galactose transport system has been found to be an artefact resulting from the combination of galactose contamination of commercial samples of l-arabinose and inhibition by l-arabinose of galactose metabolism by inactivation of uridine-diphosphate-glucose-4-epimerase. As a result of l-arabinose inhibition of the metabolism of the contaminating galactose, galactose itself serves as a gratuitous inducer, producing phenotypically epimeraseless yeast.
该实验室之前的报告称,L-阿拉伯糖是半乳糖转运系统的 gratuitous 诱导剂,现已发现这是一种人为现象,是由 L-阿拉伯糖商业样品中的半乳糖污染以及 L-阿拉伯糖通过使尿苷二磷酸葡萄糖-4-表异构酶失活而抑制半乳糖代谢共同导致的。由于 L-阿拉伯糖抑制了污染的半乳糖的代谢,半乳糖本身就充当了 gratuitous 诱导剂,产生表型上无表异构酶的酵母。