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83 strains ofPseudomonas aeruginosa were unable to utilizel-threonine as carbon-energy source, although this compound served as sole nitrogen source. Auxotrophs ofP. aeruginosa 9-D2 that requiredl-serine or glycine for growth could grow in the presence ofl-threonine. Extracts ofP. aeruginosa 9-D2 grown in the presence ofl-threonine contained threonine dehydrogenase and alpha-amino beta-ketobutyrate: CoA ligase activities; threonine aldolase was not detectable. Cells grown in the absence ofl-threonine produced no detectable threonine dehydrogenase.l-Leucine neither stimulated nor repressed threonine dehydrogenase levels. Glycine, and to a lesser extentl-serine, repressedl-threonine-mediated threonine dehydrogenase synthesis. A mutant of strain 9-D2 was isolated that could utilizel-threonine as sole carbon-energy source. This strain produced elevated levels of threonine dehydrogenase, but only slightly higher levels of alpha-amino beta-ketobutyrate: CoA ligase activities.
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Mancini, M.A., Castric, P.A. Threonine metabolism byPseudomonas aeruginosa . Current Microbiology 18, 105–108 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01570833
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