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FEBS JOURNAL
Volume 274, Issue 14, Pages 3589-3600Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.05892.x
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Candida arabinofermentans; L-arabinose catabolism; Pichia guilliermondii; sugar transport; yeast
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Two yeasts, Candida arabinofermentans PYCC 5603(T) and Pichia guilliermondii PYCC 3012, which show rapid growth on L-arabinose and very high rates of L-arabinose uptake on screening, were selected for characterization of L-arabinose transport and the first steps of intracellular L-arabinose metabolism. The kinetics of L-arabinose uptake revealed at least two transport systems with distinct substrate affinities, specificities, functional mechanisms and regulatory properties. The L-arabinose catabolic pathway proposed for filamentous fungi also seems to operate in the yeasts studied. The kinetic parameters of the initial L-arabinose-metabolizing enzymes were determined. Reductases were found to be mostly NADPH-dependent, whereas NAD was the preferred cofactor of dehydrogenases. The differences found between the two yeasts agree with the higher efficiency of L-arabinose metabolism in C. arabinofermentans. This is the first full account of the initial steps of L-arabinose catabolism in yeast including the biochemical characterization of a specific L-arabinose transporter.
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