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. 1988 Mar 15;250(3):929–932. doi: 10.1042/bj2500929

Reduction of acetaldehyde to ethanol by some micro-organisms and its stereospecificity.

E Maconi 1, A Griffini 1, V Cavazzoni 1, F Aragozzini 1
PMCID: PMC1148946  PMID: 3390147

Abstract

The stereochemical course of the reduction of acetaldehyde to ethanol was investigated by evaluating, with the enzymic system yeast alcohol dehydrogenase/diaphorase and g.c.-m.s., the configuration of [1-2H]ethanol obtained from [1-2H]acetaldehyde with different micro-organisms. Although only S-[1-2H]ethanol was formed, all the micro-organisms showed evidence of the existence of alcohol dehydrogenases with opposite stereospecificity.

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