Metabolic pathway promiscuity in the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus revealed by studies on glucose dehydrogenase and 2-keto-3-deoxygluconate aldolase.
The enzyme from the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus shows broad specificity towards aldoses (D-glucose, D-galactose, D-xylose, L-arabinose, 6-deoxy-D-glucose, D-fucose) and can utilize NAD+ and NADP+ with similar catalytic efficiency. It is involved in aldose catabolism via the branched variant of the Entner-Doudoroff pathway.
Metabolic pathway promiscuity in the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus revealed by studies on glucose dehydrogenase and 2-keto-3-deoxygluconate aldolase.
Theodossis A, Milburn CC, Heyer NI, Lamble HJ, Hough DW, Danson MJ, Taylor GL
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Preliminary crystallographic studies of glucose dehydrogenase from the promiscuous Entner-Doudoroff pathway in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus.