Products of non-reductive CO2 assimilation in the halophilic archaebacterium Haloferax mediterranei. |
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| Authors: | R Rajagopalan W Altekar |
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| Affiliation: | Biochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Bombay. |
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| Abstract: | The products of CO2 fixation by heterotrophically grown Haloferax mediterranei were analysed. The main 14C-labelled alpha-ketoacid detected following incubation with NaH14CO3 and pyruvate or propionate was pyruvate. In presence of these organic acids and NH4+, 14CO2 was incorporated into glutamic and aspartic acids and alanine. |
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