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Regulation of coenzyme A transferase and acetoacetate decarboxylase activities in Clostridium acetobutylicum.
Annales de l'Institut Pasteur. Microbiology - 1 Jan 2000
Janati-Idrissi R, Junelles A M, Petitdemange H, Gay R
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The activity of two enzymes involved in acetone production in Clostridium acetobutylicum, acetoacetate decarboxylase and coenzyme A transferase, was studied under acidogenic or solventogenic conditions. Acetoacetate decarboxylase activity was low under acidogenic conditions and after pyruvate addition. Under the same conditions, coenzyme A transferase activity was high. A mutant which lacked acetoacetate...
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