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. 1981 Mar;31(3):1071–1077. doi: 10.1128/iai.31.3.1071-1077.1981

Distribution of glucose incorporated into macromolecular material by treponema pallidum.

J T Barbieri, F E Austin, C D Cox
PMCID: PMC351426  PMID: 7014454

Abstract

Treponema pallidum was observed to incorporate glucose carbons into lipids, ribonucleic acid, deoxyribonucleic acid, and protein. Only the glycerol portions of phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylglycerol contained glucose-derived carbons. Incorporation of exogenous choline into phosphatidylcholine was detected. Glucose was incorporated into only the pentoses of nucleic acids. About 50% of the glucose incorporated into protein was present in only one amino acid, aspartate. Evidence suggests that aspartate synthesis could follow the conversion of phosphoenolpyruvate to oxalacetic acid by a guanosine 5'-diphosphate-dependent phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase.

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