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. 1983 Oct;42(1):431–433. doi: 10.1128/iai.42.1.431-433.1983

Stickland reactions of dental plaque.

M A Curtis, C W Kemp, S A Robrish, W H Bowen
PMCID: PMC264578  PMID: 6618673

Abstract

Dental plaque samples from monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) were shown to contain proline reduction activity in coupled Stickland reactions with other amino acids and also with certain end products of bacterial glucose metabolism. The unusually high concentration of bound and free proline in the oral environment may be of importance in both the production of base and in the removal of acid from the tooth surface after dietary carbohydrate ingestion.

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