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. 1974 Sep;119(3):1066–1068. doi: 10.1128/jb.119.3.1066-1068.1974

Orthophosphate Requirement for the Formation of Phosphoenolpyruvate from Pyruvate by Enzyme Preparations from Photosynthetic Bacteria

Bob B Buchanan 1
PMCID: PMC245715  PMID: 4212219

Abstract

The formation of phosphoenolpyruvate from pyruvate and adenosine 5′-triphosphate by enzymes from photosynthetic bacteria required inorganic phosphate, thus indicating that these organisms utilize pyruvate, orthophosphate dikinase rather than phosphoenolpyruvate synthase in photosynthesis.

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