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Glycerol-3-phosphatase of Corynebacterium glutamicum.
Journal of biotechnology - 15 Jun 2012
Lindner Steffen N, Meiswinkel Tobias M, Panhorst Maren, Youn Jung-Won, Wiefel Lars, Wendisch Volker F
Abstract excerpt
Formation of glycerol as by-product of amino acid production by Corynebacterium glutamicum has been observed under certain conditions, but the enzyme(s) involved in its synthesis from glycerol-3-phosphate were not known. It was shown here that cg1700 encodes an enzyme active as a glycerol-3-phosphatase (GPP) hydrolyzing glycerol-3-phosphate to inorganic phosphate and glycerol. GPP was found to be active as a...
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