The anaerobic oxidation of dihydroorotate by Escherichia coli K-12 |
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| Authors: | Stuart Andrews Graeme B Cox Frank Gibson |
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| Institution: | Biochemistry Department, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T. Australia |
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| Abstract: | The oxidation of dihydroorotate under anaerobic conditions has been examined using various mutant strains of Escherichia coli K-12. This oxidation in cells grown anaerobically in a glucose minimal medium is linked via menaquinone to the fumarate reductase enzyme coded for by the frd gene and is independent of the cytochromes. The same dihydroorotate dehydrogenase protein functions in both the anaerobic and aerobic oxidation of dihydroorotate. Ferricyanide can act as an artificial electron acceptor for dihydroorotate dehydrogenase and the dihydroorotate-menaquinone-ferricyanide reductase activity can be solubilised by 2 M guanidine · HCl with little loss of activity. |
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