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. 1974 Feb;117(2):588–592. doi: 10.1128/jb.117.2.588-592.1974

l-Amino Acid Dehydrogenases in Bacillus subtilis Spores

Yukiko Nitta 1, Yoko Yasuda 1, Kunio Tochikubo 1, Yoetsu Hachisuka 1
PMCID: PMC285549  PMID: 4204435

Abstract

The presence of two kinds of l-amino acid dehydrogenase in resting spores of Bacillus subtilis was indicated. One of them was l-alanine dehydrogenase, which used only l-alanine as a substrate, and the other was nonspecific dehydrogenase, which used l-valine, l-isoleucine, l-leucine, and l-alanine (slightly) as substrates. Several properties of these dehydrogenases were compared.

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