Occurrence of d-tagatose-6-phosphate pathway of d-galactose metabolism among staphylococci

Lactose and D-galactose metabolism in Staphylococcus aureus. II. Isomerization of D-galactose 6-phosphate to D-tagatose 6-phosphate by a specific D-galactose-6-phosphate isomerase.

The inducible D-galactose-6-phosphate isomerase that functions in the metabolism of lactose and D-galactose in Staphylococcus aureus was partially purified from extracts of D-galactose-grown cells. It was shown to catalyze specifically the reversible isomerization of D-galactose 6-phosphate to D-tagatose 6-phosphate, the apparent Km values being 9.6 mM and 1.9 mM, respectively. At equilibrium, ...

D-Tagatose 6-Phosphate Pathways1

Lactose is usually metabolized by A-galactosidase-catalyzed cleavage to D-glucose and D-galactose, followed by the conversion of Dgalactose to D-glucose 6-phosphate via the well known Leloir pathway (10): D-galactose *D galactose 1-phosphate D-glucose 1-phosphate D-glucose 6-phosphate. In Staphylococcus aureus, however, the disaccharide is utilized exclusively via lactose phosphate, which is cl...

Title The potential of species - specific tagatose - 6 - phosphate ( T 6 P ) pathway in Lactobacillus casei group for galactose reduction

Lactose metabolism by Streptococcus mutans: evidence for induction of the tagatose 6-phosphate pathway.

Growth on lactose by strains of Streptococcus mutans resulted in the induction of the lactose-phosphoenolpyruvate-phosphotransferase system, phospho-beta-galactosidase, and the enzymes of the tagatose 6-phosphate pathway.

Streptococcus mutans serotype c tagatose 6-phosphate pathway gene cluster.

DNA cloned into Escherichia coli K-12 from a serotype c strain of Streptococcus mutans encodes three enzyme activities for galactose utilization via the tagatose 6-phosphate pathway: galactose 6-phosphate isomerase, tagatose 6-phosphate kinase, and tagatose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase. The genes coding for the tagatose 6-phosphate pathway were located on a 3.28-kb HindIII DNA fragment. Analysis o...