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. 1975 Jul;123(1):382–384. doi: 10.1128/jb.123.1.382-384.1975

Incomplete tricarboxylic acid cycle in a type I methylotroph, Methylococcus capsulatus.

R Patel, L Hoare, D S Hoare, B F Taylor
PMCID: PMC235732  PMID: 806581

Abstract

Alpha-Ketoglutaratedehydrogenase was undetectable in extracts of Methylococcus capsulatus. Cells incorporated [1-14-C] acetate into only four protein amino acids (glutamate, proline, arginine, and leucine) and the C5, but not C1, of glutamate.

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