Mélodie Cadillon

Metabolic adaptation enabling D-xylose assimilation via the Entner-Doudoroff pathway in glycolysis-impaired Escherichia coli strains.

This study revealed that mutations in key enzymes and transcriptional regulators at various metabolic branching points were essential for effective growth on D-xylose, enabling optimized partitioning of carbon through central metabolism despite the loss of the canonical EMP glycolytic route.