Article
Trehalose transport and metabolism in Escherichia coli.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Jun 1990
Boos W, Ehmann U, Forkl H, Klein W, Rimmele M, Postma P
Abstract excerpt
Trehalose metabolism in Escherichia coli is complicated by the fact that cells grown at high osmolarity synthesize internal trehalose as an osmoprotectant, independent of the carbon source, although trehalose can serve as a carbon source at both high and low osmolarity. The elucidation of the pathway of trehalose metabolism was facilitated by the isolation of mutants defective in the genes encoding transport...
Topics
- Biological Transport
- DNA Transposable Elements
- Disaccharides
- Escherichia coli
- Mutation
- Osmolar Concentration
- Phosphorylation
- Sodium Chloride
- Trehalase
- Trehalose