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. 1973 Feb;113(2):1064–1065. doi: 10.1128/jb.113.2.1064-1065.1973

Absolute Configuration of a Metabolite in the m-Fission Pathway of Protocatechuate

Clare Schuld Ritter 1, Peter J Chapman 1, Stanley Dagley 1
PMCID: PMC285328  PMID: 4347922

Abstract

An aldolase, which is induced in Pseudomonas testosteroni during growth with p-hydroxybenzoate, preferentially attacks the R form of 4-hydroxy-4-methyl-2-oxoglutarate, a metabolite of protocatechuate catabolism.

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