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Galactose metabolism inErwinia carotovora Subsp.carotovora

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Erwinia carotovora metabolizes galactose by the Leloir pathway. The synthesis of galactokinase, UDP galactose-4-epimerase, and galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase was inducible and under catabolite repression, whereas UDP glucose-pyrophosphorylase was constitutive. Mud1 mutagenesis ofErwinia carotovora resulted in agalU-lac fusion that showed constitutive synthesis ofβ-galactosidase.

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Jayaswal, R.K. Galactose metabolism inErwinia carotovora Subsp.carotovora . Current Microbiology 13, 227–230 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01568951

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