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Abstract
A phospholipase hydrolyzing cardiolipin to phosphatidic acid and phosphatidyl glycerol was characterized in gram-negative bacteria but was absent in preparations of gram-positive bacteria, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and rat liver mitochondria. In cell-free extracts of Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhimurium, Proteus vulgaris, and Pseudomonase aeruginosa, this cardiolipin-hydrolyzing enzyme had similar pH and Mg2+ requirements and displayed a specificity which excluded phosphatidyl glycerol and phosphatidyl ethanolamine as substrates.Entities:
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Year: 1975 PMID: 360 PMCID: PMC236020 DOI: 10.1128/jb.124.3.1148-1152.1975
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490