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. 1988 Apr;170(4):1978–1979. doi: 10.1128/jb.170.4.1978-1979.1988

Homocitrate cures the NifV- phenotype in Klebsiella pneumoniae.

T R Hoover 1, J Imperial 1, P W Ludden 1, V K Shah 1
PMCID: PMC211064  PMID: 3127384

Abstract

Dinitrogenase was isolated from a culture of a Klebsiella pneumoniae NifV- strain derepressed for nitrogenase in the presence of homocitrate. The enzyme isolated from this culture was identical to the wild-type dinitrogenase. These data provide in vivo evidence that the absence of homocitrate is responsible for the NifV- phenotype.

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