The Influence of Folic Acid, Threonine and Glycine on Serine Synthesis in Tetrahymena
- 1 February 1960
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Microbiology Society in Journal of General Microbiology
- Vol. 22 (1) , 72-78
- https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-22-1-72
Abstract
Only 1 of 16 strains of Tetrahymena, studied, was found to be completely dependent on an exogenous source of serine for growth. A 2d strain appears to lack threonine aldolase, as it can synthesize serine from added glycine but not from added threonine. The remaining 14 strains will utilize either glycine or threonine (as a source of glycine) for serine synthesis provided the folic acid concentration in the medium is high.Keywords
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