Ibañez E, Gimenez R, Pedraza T, Baldoma L, Aguilar J, Badia J. Role of the yiaR and yiaS genes of Escherichia coli in metabolism of endogenously formed L-xylulose.
J Bacteriol 2000;
182:4625-7. [PMID:
10913097 PMCID:
PMC94635 DOI:
10.1128/jb.182.16.4625-4627.2000]
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Abstract
Genes yiaP and yiaR of the yiaKLMNOPQRS cluster of Escherichia coli are required for the metabolism of the endogenously formed L-xylulose, whereas yiaS is required for this metabolism only in araD mutants. Like AraD, YiaS was shown to have L-ribulose-5-phosphate 4-epimerase activity. Similarity of YiaR to several 3-epimerases suggested that this protein could catalyze the conversion of L-xylulose-5-phosphate into L-ribulose-5-phosphate, thus completing the pathway between L-xylulose and the general metabolism.
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