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The metabolism of [14C]bicarbonate by Streptococcus lactis: the synthesis of succinic acid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2009

Alan J. Hillier  and
G. Richard Jago
Alan J. Hillier
Affiliation:
Russell Grimwade School of Biochemistry, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
G. Richard Jago
Affiliation:
Dairy Research Laboratory, Division of Food Research, CSIRO, Highett, Victoria 3190, Australia
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Summary

Whole cells of Streptococcus lactis C10, when incubated with an energy source, converted fumarate to succinate and malate to lactate. Cell-free extracts of Str. lactis C10 contained fumarate reductase, but no aspartase, adenylosuccinate synthetase and lyase or argininosuccinate synthetase and lyase activity could be detected. Cells grown in the presence of [14C]bicarbonate produced labelled succinate during the synthesis of purine bases. However, the amount of succinate produced by this pathway only accounted for approximately one-sixth of the succinate produced by the cells.

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Journal of Dairy Research , Volume 45 , Issue 3 , October 1978 , pp. 423 - 431
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Copyright © Proprietors of Journal of Dairy Research 1978

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