title: Acetone production by methylobacteria.
abstract: An accumulation of acetone was observed during the metabolism of ethane and products of ethane oxidation by washed suspensions of Methylosinus trichosporium OB3B. This strain possessed an acetoacetate decarboxylase and 3-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase, and a decline in poly-beta-hydroxybutyric acid occurred under the same conditions as acetone formation. A pathway of acetone production from poly-beta-hydroxybutyric acid via 3-hydroxybutyrate and acetoacetate was suggested.
mesh_terms: D000090:Acetoacetates; D000096:Acetone / Q000378:metabolism*; D002262:Carboxy-Lyases / Q000378:metabolism; D006884:Hydroxybutyrate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D008772:Methylococcaceae / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000090:Acetoacetates; D000096:Acetone; D006884:Hydroxybutyrate Dehydrogenase; D002262:Carboxy-Lyases