On the Mechanism and Stereochemistry of the Malate-Lactate Fermentation ofLeuconostoc mesenteroides[1]
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH in Hoppe-Seyler´s Zeitschrift Für Physiologische Chemie
- Vol. 357 (2) , 1209-1214
- https://doi.org/10.1515/bchm2.1976.357.2.1209
Abstract
During the transformation of (2S, 3R) [3-3H]malate to (S) lactate no tritium exchange takes place. The stereochemical course of the decarboxylation studied with (2S, 3R) [3-2H]-malate in 3HOH/H2O and (2S, 3R) [3-3H]malate in 2H2O occurs with retention and is therefore the same as that determined by other authors for malic enzyme from vertebrates and from Escherichia coli. The malate-lactate fermentation is a useful procedure to prepare chiral methyl groups on a preparative scale starting from (2S, 3R) [3-H]malate.Keywords
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