| Literature DB >> 1190946 |
R K Thauer, B Käufer, P Scherer.
Abstract
The active species of "CO2", i.e. CO2 or HCO-3(H2CO3) utilized by enzymes catalyzing ferredoxin-linked carboxylation reactions was determined. The enzyme investigated was pyruvate synthase from Clostridium pasteurianum (EC 1.2.7.1; Pyruvate: ferredoxin oxidoreductase). Data were obtained which were compatible with those expected if CO2 is the active species. The dissociation constant (Ks) of the enzyme-CO2 complex was measured. At pH 7.2 Ks for CO2 of pyruvate synthase was found to be approximately 5 mM.Entities:
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Year: 1975 PMID: 1190946 DOI: 10.1007/bf00447330
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Arch Microbiol ISSN: 0302-8933 Impact factor: 2.552