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. 1984 Dec;160(3):1204–1206. doi: 10.1128/jb.160.3.1204-1206.1984

Identification of a phosphoenolpyruvate:fructose 1-phosphotransferase system in Azospirillum brasilense.

K D Gupta, S Ghosh
PMCID: PMC215847  PMID: 6501230

Abstract

An inducible phosphoenolpyruvate:fructose phosphotransferase system has been detected in Azospirillum brasilense, which requires a minimum of two components of the crude extracts for activity: (i) a soluble fraction (enzyme I) and (ii) a membrane fraction (enzyme II). The uninduced cells neither show any uptake of fructose nor express activity of either of these two enzyme fractions. C-1 of fructose is the site of phosphorylation. This phosphotransferase system does not accept glucose as a substrate for phosphorylation.

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