| Literature DB >> 6348482 |
J Daniel, L Dondon, A Danchin.
Abstract
2-ketobutyrate is synthesized from threonine by threonine deaminase (dehydratase) in E. coli. The effects of 2-ketobutyrate as a regulatory metabolite were studied in vivo. 2-ketobutyrate was shown to inhibit the phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP): sugar phosphotransferase system resulting in aspartate starvation, elevation of ppGpp endogenous pools, and cessation of growth in E. coli grown in glucose and related carbon sources. Accordingly, we propose that 2-ketobutyrate might serve as an alarmone whose concentration precisely governs the shift from anaerobic growth to aerobic growth in E. coli. Such shifts are common phenomena among the Enterobacteriaceae.Entities:
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Year: 1983 PMID: 6348482 DOI: 10.1007/bf00331076
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mol Gen Genet ISSN: 0026-8925