| Budget Amount *help |
¥18,720,000 (Direct Cost: ¥14,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,320,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥10,270,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,370,000)
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| Research Abstract |
Most organisms on the Earth can utilize D-glucose as carbon and energy sources, but utilization of its enantiomer, L-glucose, was not reported so far. Therefore it is generally recognized that there is a homochirality issue in sugar utilization. In this study we have analyzed, at enzyme and genetic levels, an L-glucose catabolic pathway in Paracoccus sp. 43P, an L-glucose utilizing bacterium isolated from soil, and succeeded in its elucidation for the first time. The results may contribute further understanding of homochirality issues of living organisms.
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