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[Transketolase mutation in riboflavin-synthesizing strains of Bacillus subtilis].
Molekuliarnaia genetika, mikrobiologiia i virusologiia - 1 Jan 2000
Gershanovich V N, Kukanova A Ia, Galushkina Z M, Stepanov A I
Abstract excerpt
Unlike its predecessors B. subtilis rosR and 41, riboflavin producing B. subtilis 24 strain does not utilize pentose and gluconate and poorly assimilates glucose. Simultaneous addition of glutamic and shikimic acid restored its capacity to grow and produce riboflavin in medium with pentose and gluconate. This strain lacks the activity of transketolase, the key enzyme of the pentose phosphate cycle, and possesses...
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