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Abstract
By use of a newly developed procedure for the isolation of mutants with osmotically fragile protoplasts, a mutant of Bacillus subtilis was isolated that has a very active enzyme system for the catabolism of phospholipids via the sequential action of a phospholipase A(1) (EC 3.1.1.4) and a lysophospholipase (EC 3.1.1.5). The wild-type bacteria contain no detectable phospholipase A(1) activity, but do contain a protein that specifically inhibits the phospholipase A(1) in the mutant. This protein may play an important role in the control of phospholipid catabolism.Entities:
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Year: 1972 PMID: 4628095 PMCID: PMC389646 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.69.10.2793
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205