title: Glucose degradation in Clostridium perfringens type A.
abstract: Cell-free extracts of Clostridium perfringens were found to contain all the enzymes of the Embden-Meyerhof pathway of glycolysis in addition to lactic acid dehydrogenase and the pyruvate-clastic system. Neither glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase nor 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase activities could be demonstrated, suggesting the absence of the conventional hexose-monophosphate pathway in this organism.
mesh_terms: D002474:Cell-Free System; D003016:Clostridium perfringens / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D006019:Glycolysis; D006593:Hexokinase / Q000378:metabolism; D007535:Isomerases / Q000378:metabolism; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism; D010770:Phosphotransferases / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D010088:Oxidoreductases; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase; D010770:Phosphotransferases; D006593:Hexokinase; D007535:Isomerases; D005947:Glucose