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Genetic and physiological characterization of a formate-dependent 5'-phosphoribosyl-1-glycinamide transformylase activity in Bacillus subtilis.
Molecular & general genetics : MGG - 1 Feb 1994
Saxild H H, Jacobsen J H, Nygaard P
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We have found that Bacillus subtilis possesses a second 5'-phosphoribosyl-1-glycinamide (GAR) transformylase catalysing the first one-carbon transfer reaction in the purine biosynthetic pathway. Inactivation of the purN gene encoding the N10-formyl tetrahydrofolate-dependent enzyme did not result in purine auxotrophy. However, growth of a purN strain was stimulated when either purine or formate was added to the...
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