Question

A culture of a bacterium grows on gluconate, but analysis of the genome reveals that it does not encode for the 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase enzyme. (5 points total)

1. How would the cells convert the gluconate to phosphoglyceraldehyde? Indicate how 6- phosphogluconate dehydrogenase would be typically be used, and how this particular organism would extract energy from gluconate. (3 points)

2. How might the cells make ribose-5-phosphate and erythrose-4-phosphate? (1 point)

3. Why is it necessary to have a supply of the latter two compounds? (1 point)

Answer 1

phospho gluconalal Henok monoprosphal。shunt l pentose Nlucleotfde & Nucleic acid bontheees p-alu.GLOdebutu^ 6-e)"ใ|ucorolach luc erat anot ino acids A. vit B6. pontbye ibo sis the main component f