Formation of Glycolaldehyde by Enzymic Scission of Pentoses

Kaushal, Rajeev; Jowett, Peter L. H.; Walker, T. K.

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“…39 Moreover, in bacteria, scientists have devoted much effort to the reaction of glycolaldehyde molecules as reactants or products, under the action of different fungal extracts and enzymes. [40][41][42] Based on the above discussion, the glycolaldehyde compound has been extensively studied in plant systems; however, the existence of a C 2 glycolaldehyde pathway is still unknown. Apart from the known pathway for light-independent CO 2 assimilation in natural photosynthesis, researchers have been exploring the artificial synthesis of carbon cycle pathways containing glycolaldehyde molecules.…”

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Identification of glycolaldehyde, the simplest sugar, in plant systems

Shang

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New J. Chem.

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Identification of glycolaldehyde, the simplest sugar, in plant systems

Shang

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New J. Chem.

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“…The 02 component which form from the cleavage of ribose-5-phosphate had not yet been positively identified. There have been indications that glycolaldehyde (Kaushal et al, 1951) or a derivative of glycolaldehyde (Horecker et al, 1953) might be formed. Since one of the products of ribose-5-phosphate breakdown by P. pestis was shown to be a triose, an attempt was made to Figure 6.…”

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Metabolic Reactions of Pasteurella Pestis

Santer¹,

Ajl²

1955

J Bacteriol

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indicated that the hexose monophosphate shunt is of little quantitative significance in the anaerobic dissimilation of glucose by nonproliferating, resting cells of PasteureUa petis. However, the observations that dried celLs metabolized gluconate and that cell-free extracts converted glucose-6-phosphate to a pentose phosphate suggesd that the shunt pathway may be involved in some way in the overall metabolism of P. pestis. Since Cohen (1951) suggested that the primary function of the hexose monophosphate shunt is to supply pentose phosphates for synthetic reactions, it was of interest to determine whether this alternate pathway is involved in the growth of this bacterium. The results of such experiments are described in this report. METHODS The methodology and experimental manipulations employed in this investigation were analogous to those previously described (Santer and Ajl, 1955). For the preparation of cell-free extracts, P. pesti strin Tjiwidej was grown for 24 hours on a trypticase soy broth medium at room temperature with constant aeration. After centrifugation the cells were ground with "alumina 303" according to the procedure described by McIlwain (1948). Growth experiments with 1-C'4-glucose were performed in Warburg vesels at 33 C. A standardized inoculum of P. pestis was introduced into 2.3 ml of growth medium made up to contain 3 per cent trypticase soy broth and a known quantity of radioactive glucose. Growth was

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“…muciparum; D-arabinose was also de composed to a considerable extent by A. melanogenum. (87). Contrarily, it has been reported that A. suboxydans oxidised D-arabonic acid, a-n-glucoheptonic acid (85) and D-galactonic acid (86) to the respective ketonic acids.…”

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Acetic Acid Bacteria

Mrr¹

1957

Annu. Rev. Microbiol.

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The acetic acid bacteria, yeasts, and the lactic acid bacteria have been used from ancient times in the domestic arts of vinegar and wine production, of brewing and baking, and in the preparation of buttermilk, cheese, pickles, and the like, although the nature of the processes was hardly realised. It was Kiitzing's demonstration of the living nature of "mother of vinegar" which revealed, for the first time, that acetification of wine was caused by living organisms. Pasteur's studies on vinegar and wine spoilage, the early work of Hansen on the acetic acid bacteria from beer, Brown's isolation of Acetobacter xylinum and study of its remarkable capacity to synthesise cellulose, Bertrand's isolation of this organism from fermented mountain ash berry juice and recognition of its remarkably specific oxidative potential ities (Bertrand's Rule), and the contributions of the Delft School (particu larly of Kluyver et al.,) , all represent the classical epoch in the history of the acetic acid bacteria and are too well-known to be repeated here. Many useful and important data were supplied later by Henneberg and by Hermann and Neuschul as well.To cover every aspect of the acetic acid bacteria from the earliest periods comprehensively, meaningfully, and usefully would take a whole monograph. The purpose of this review, therefore, is to cover only the "recent" studies on this group. The author has arbitrarily chosen, for the greater part, only publications appearing after 1940. For it was during that period that our ideas about intermediary metabolism and the role of growth factors in nutrition and metabolism grew out of infancy and this led to more meaning ful experiments on the acetic acid bacteria. Passing mention of the earlier papers has been made wherever they were deemed relevant and useful; the original references can be traced through any of the earlier reviews. The

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Formation of Glycolaldehyde by Enzymic Scission of Pentoses

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Identification of glycolaldehyde, the simplest sugar, in plant systems

Identification of glycolaldehyde, the simplest sugar, in plant systems

Metabolic Reactions of Pasteurella Pestis

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