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. 1993 Sep;175(18):6038–6040. doi: 10.1128/jb.175.18.6038-6040.1993

Escherichia coli K-12 can utilize an exogenous gamma-glutamyl peptide as an amino acid source, for which gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase is essential.

H Suzuki 1, W Hashimoto 1, H Kumagai 1
PMCID: PMC206686  PMID: 8104180

Abstract

Escherichia coli K-12 can utilize a gamma-glutamyl peptide as an amino acid source, for which gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase (EC 2.3.2.2) is essential. We suggest that the gamma-glutamyl linkage of a gamma-glutamyl peptide is hydrolyzed by gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase located in the periplasmic space, and the released amino acid is taken up and utilized by E. coli.

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