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A transketolase mutant was first isolated from Corynebacterium glutamicum, an organism of industrial importance. The mutant strain exhibited an absolute requirement for shikimic acid or the aromatic amino acids and vitamins for growth, and also failed to grow on ribose or gluconic acid as sole carbon source, even with the aromatic supplement. All of these defective properties were fully restored in spontaneous revertants, indicating the existence of a single transketolase in C. glutamicum that was indispensable both for aromatic biosynthesis and for utilization of these carbohydrates in vivo. The transketolase mutant accumulated ribulose extracellularly when cultivated in glucose medium with shikimic acid, but no ribose was detected.
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Received: 10 April 1998 / Received revision: 26 May 1998 / Accepted: 14 June 1998
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Ikeda, M., Okamoto, K. & Katsumata, R. A transketolase mutant of Corynebacterium glutamicum . Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 50, 375–378 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002530051307
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