The distribution in the methylobacteria of some key enzymes concerned with intermediary metabolism

Autor: Roger Whittenbury, John F. Davey, John F. Wilkinson
Rok vydání: 1972
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Zdroj: Archiv f�r Mikrobiologie. 87:359-366
ISSN: 1432-072X
0302-8933
DOI: 10.1007/bf00409135
Popis: Cell-free extracts of methane-utilizing bacteria (methylobacteria) were examined for the presence of enzymes of the tricarboxylic acid cycle. Representative organisms of the Type II group had a complete set of enzymes for the operation of this cycle. Members of the Type I group lacked α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase. All the methylobacteria examined had an NADH-oxidase which had the properties of a flavoprotein type enzyme. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and gluconate-6-phosphate dehydrogenase was NADP-specific and could only be detected in cell extracts of Type I methylobacteria.
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