| Literature DB >> 4813896 |
Abstract
With whole cells of a hydrogen cyanide-producing bacterium strain C, of the genus Pseudomonas, it was found that the oxygen necessary for the oxidation of glycine to cyanide could be replaced by various artificial electron acceptors. The order of reactivity was: oxygen > phenazine methosulphate > methylene blue > 2,6-dichlorophenolindophenol > ferricyanide. Cyanide production was inhibited by pyrrolnitrin, a well-known inhibitor of many flavine enzymes. The molar ratio of added glycine to cyanide produced was found to be 1.09. With whole bacteria the apparent K(m) (glycine) for the cyanide production was found to be 5.0 x 10(-4) M.Entities:
Mesh:
Substances:
Year: 1974 PMID: 4813896 PMCID: PMC246612 DOI: 10.1128/jb.117.3.1289-1294.1974
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490