J. Thompson et al., Phosphorylation and metabolism of sucrose and its five linkage-isomeric alpha-D-glucosyl-D-fructoses by Klebsiella pneumoniae, CARBOHY RES, 331(2), 2001, pp. 149-161
Not only sucrose but the five isomeric alpha -D-glucosyl-D-fructoses trehal
ulose, turanose, maltulose, leucrose, and palatinose are utilized by Klebsi
ella pneumoniae as energy sources for growth. thereby undergoing phosphoryl
ation by a phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent phosphotransferase system uniforml
y at O-6 of the glucosyl moiety. Similarly, maltose, isomaltose, and maltit
ol, when exposed to these conditions, are phosphorylated regiospecifically
at O-6 of their non-reducing glucose portion. The structures of these novel
compounds have been established unequivocally by enzymatic analysis, acid
hydrolysis, FAB negative-ion spectrometry, and H-1 and C-13 NMR spectroscop
y. In cells of K. pneumoniae, hydrolysis of sucrose 6-phosphate is catalyze
d by sucrose 6-phosphate hydrolase from Family 32 of the glycosylhydrolase
superfamily. The five 6'-O-phosphorylated alpha -D-glucosyl-fructoses are h
ydrolyzed by an inducible (similar to 49-50 Kda) phospho-alpha -glucosidase
from Family 4 of the glycosylhydrolase superfamily. (C) 1001 Elsevier Scie
nce Ltd. All rights reserved.