Threonine carbohydrate substrate

L-threonine belongs to the aspartic family of amino acids. L-aspartate is synthesized from oxaloacetate, an intermediate of TCA cycle, by aspartate transaminase (Table 14.1) that is encoded by the aspC gene in E. coli (Fotheringham et al. 1986) and by aspA in C. glutamicum (Marienhagen et al. 2(X)5). On substrates of carbohydrates,... 

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