| Literature DB >> 7014775 |
K Murata, K Tani, J Kato, I Chibata.
Abstract
A methylglyoxal-resistant mutant of Escherichia coli B excreted glutathione into the growth medium, especially during growth on medium containing methylglyoxal. In the presence of methylglyoxal, the total amount of glutathione excreted was increased about 50-fold over that of the wild-type strain. The resistant mutant had high activities of two enzyme systems: a glutathione-forming enzyme system (consisting of gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase and glutathione synthetase) and a glyoxalase system (consisting of glyoxalase I and glyoxalase II). Methylglyoxal resistance appeared to be due to the simultaneous increase in the activities of these two enzyme systems.Entities:
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Year: 1980 PMID: 7014775 DOI: 10.1099/00221287-120-2-545
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Gen Microbiol ISSN: 0022-1287