Beat Christen

Genetic analysis of a novel pathway for D-xylose metabolism in Caulobacter crescentus.
Stephens C, Christen B, Fuchs T, Sundaram V, Watanabe K, Jenal U. J Bacteriol. 2007; 189 (5): 2181-5
Genetic data suggest that the oligotrophic freshwater bacterium Caulobacter crescentus metabolizes D-xylose through a pathway yielding alpha-ketoglutarate, comparable to the recently described L-arabinose degradation pathway of Azospirillum brasilense. Enzymes of the C. crescentus pathway, including an NAD(+)-dependent xylose dehydrogenase, are encoded in the xylose-inducible xylXABCD operon (CC0823-CC0819).

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