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Selenite assimilation into formate dehydrogenase H depends on thioredoxin reductase in Escherichia coli.
Journal of biochemistry - 1 Apr 2008
Takahata Muneaki, Tamura Takashi, Abe Katsumasa, Mihara Hisaaki, Kurokawa Suguru, Yamamoto Yoshihiro, Nakano Ryuhei, Esaki Nobuyoshi, Inagaki Kenji
Abstract excerpt
Escherichia coli growing under anaerobic conditions produce H(2) and CO(2) by the enzymatic cleavage of formate that is produced from pyruvate at the end of glycolysis. Selenium is an integral part of formate dehydrogenase H (FDH H), which catalyses the first step in the formate hydrogen lyase (FHL) system. The genes of FHL system are transcribed only under anaerobic conditions, in the presence of a sigma...
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