INCOMPLETE TRICARBOXYLIC ACID CYCLE IN BLUE-GREEN ALGA ANABAENA VARIABILIS
INCOMPLETE TRICARBOXYLIC ACID CYCLE IN BLUE-GREEN ALGA ANABAENA VARIABILIS
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DOI:
10.1099/00221287-55-3-371
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发表时间:
1969-01-01
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CARR, NG
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作者:
PEARCE, J;LEACH, CK;CARR, NG
The presence of an incomplete tricarboxylic acid cycle inAnabaena varia-bilisandAnacystis nidulamis described. These blue-green algae lack bothα-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase and succinyl-CoA synthetase. Succinyl-CoA was formed in extracts ofA. variabilisby 3-ketoacyl CoA-transferase using acetoacetyl-CoA as CoA donor. The activities of the other tricarboxylic cycle enzymes were measured in extracts prepared from autotrophic organisms and from those grown in the presence of acetate. No alterations in activity indicative of enzyme repression or de-repression were observed. These results are discussed in relation to possible reasons for autotrophic behaviour.