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. 1999 Dec;181(23):7154–7160. doi: 10.1128/jb.181.23.7154-7160.1999

TABLE 2.

HPS and PHI activities in B. subtilis 168 and deletion mutants under different growth conditions

Strain Growth conditionsa Sp act (nmol of NADPH produced/ min/mg of protein)b in cell extracts
HPS PHI HPS + PHI
168 wild type LB <1 <1 NDc
LB + 0.5 mM FA 690 ND 310
LB + 1.0 mM FA 95 ND <1
LB + 2.0 mM FA <1 ND <1
LB + 2% (vol/vol) MeOH <1 ND <1
LB + 0.5 mM FM <1 ND <1
YD101 (yckG) LB + 0.5 mM FA <1 <1 ND
YD102 (yckF) LB + 0.5 mM FA 290 <1 ND
YD111 (yckH) LB + 0.5 mM FA <1 <1 <1
YD112 (yckH) LB + 0.5 mM FA <1 <1 <1
YD121 (yckH yckH+) LB + 0.5 mM FA 1,050 ND 200
a

FA, formaldehyde; MeOH, methanol; FM, formate. 

b

Mean value from three experiments. 

c

ND, not determined.