| Literature DB >> 6806250 |
J E Clark, S W Ragsdale, L G Ljungdahl, J Wiegel.
Abstract
The acetogenic bacterium Clostridium thermoautotrophicum, grown on methanol, glucose, or CO2-H2, contained high levels of corrinoids, formate dehydrogenase, tetrahydrofolate enzymes, carbon monoxide dehydrogenase, and hydrogenase. Cell-free extracts catalyzed pyruvate-dependent formation of acetate from methyltetrahydrofolate. These results suggest that C. thermoautotrophicum synthesizes acetate from CO2 via a formate-tetrahydrofolate-corrinoid pathway.Entities:
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Year: 1982 PMID: 6806250 PMCID: PMC220273 DOI: 10.1128/jb.151.1.507-509.1982
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490