Studies on l-Glutamic Acid Fermentation

In the previous paper, most of the enzymes of the Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas pathway and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase have been demonstrated to be present in cell-free extracts of Brevibacterium divaricatum, No. 1627. In this paper, the presence of condensing enzyme, aconitase, TPN-linked isocitric dehydrogenase, succinic dehydrogenase, fumarase, DPN-linked malic dehydrogenase, TPN-linked malic enzyme, oxalacetic carboxylase, isocitritase and malate synthetase in cell-free extracts of this bacterium was also demonstrated. From these results it was concluded that a strain of Brevibacterium divaricatum which has been found to contain all of the enzymes of the tricarboxylic acid cycle, would be capable of forming the key enzymes of the glyoxylate bypass as well. It suggests that the accumulation of α-ketoglutarate involves the glyoxylate bypass besides the tricarboxylic acid cycle in this bacterium.