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In vivo role of catalase-peroxidase in synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Mar 1999
Tichy M, Vermaas W
Abstract excerpt
The katG gene coding for the only catalase-peroxidase in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803 was deleted in this organism. Although the rate of H2O2 decomposition was about 30 times lower in the DeltakatG mutant than in the wild type, the strain had a normal phenotype and its doubling time as well as its resistance to H2O2 and methyl viologen were indistinguishable from those of the wild type....
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