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SUBMITTER: Kuivanen J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5814732 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kuivanen Joosu J Richard Peter P
FEBS letters 20171230 1
NADPH-dependent 5-keto-D-gluconate reductase was identified as a missing element in the pathway for D-glucuronate catabolism in fungi. The disruption of the gene, gluF, by CRISPR/Cas9 in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus niger resulted in a strain unable to catabolise D-glucuronate. The purified GluF protein was characterized and k<sub>cat</sub> and K<sub>m</sub> values of 23.7 ± 1.8 s<sup>-1</sup> and 3.2 ± 0.1 mm for 5-keto-D-gluconate, respectively, were determined. The enzyme is reversible ...[more]