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SUMMARY: In , a respiration-coupled transport system for -rhamnose caused accumulation of free -rhamnose, while a phosphoenolpyruvate: -rhamnose phosphotransferase system caused accumulation of -rhamnose -phosphate ( Levinson & Krulwich, 1974 ). The pathways for subsequent metabolism of -rhamnose and -rhamnose -phosphate have now been investigated. contains an inducible -rhamnose isomerase and -rhamnulokinase, as well as a constitutive -rhamnulose -phosphate aldolase. Results with mutants which are unable to metabolize -rhamnose suggest the presence of an -rhamnose -phosphate phosphatase, which forms free -rhamnose by hydrolysis of -rhamnose -phosphate produced by the phosphotransferase system. Mutants which lack this enzyme exhibited severe inhibition of growth in the presence of -rhamnose plus any of a variety of carbon sources. There is some evidence that this inhibition was due to accumulation of -rhamnose -phosphate at toxic concentrations within the bacteria. The metabolism of -rhamnose transported by the phosphotransferase system therefore appears to occur by hydrolysis of -rhamnose -phosphate to free -rhamnose by a phosphatase. Metabolism of the -rhamnose thus produced, and of that accumulated by the respiration-coupled transport system, then proceeds by the sequence of reactions: -rhamnose →-rhamnulose → -rhamnulose -phosphate → dihydroxyacetone phosphate plus -lactaldehyde.

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