BACTERIAL FORMATION OF GLUTAMIC ACID FROM ACETIC ACID
- 25 March 1960
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Journal of Biochemistry
- Vol. 47 (3) , 273-282
- https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a127063
Abstract
The resting cells aerobically accumulate glutamate from acetate in the presence of ammonium ions and incorporate C14O2 exclusively to alpha-carboxyl C of the glutamate molecule. The cell-free extract catalyzes the acetyl-Co A formation as is evidenced by the consecutive formation of oxaloacetate and glyoxylate in the presence of citrate and malate, respectively. This extract also contains malic dehydrogenase and malic enzyme. A metabolic pathway of the cell is presented as consisting of the usual tricarboxylic acid cycle and a by-pass from isocitrate via glyoxylate to malate(acetyl-Co A requiring).This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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