A glycyl radical solution: oxygen‐dependent interconversion of pyruvate formate‐lyase
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- 1 August 1998
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Microbiology
- Vol. 29 (4) , 945-954
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00941.x
Abstract
Pyruvate formate‐lyase (PFL) catalyses the non‐oxidative dissimilation of pyruvate to formate and acetyl‐CoA using a radical–chemical mechanism. The enzyme is enzymically interconverted between inact...Keywords
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