title: Alanine dehydrogenase in mycobacteria--a preliminary report.
abstract: Various mycobacterial species namely M. phlei, M. vaccae, M. scrofulaceum, M. avium and M. tuberculosis have been investigated for the presence of enzyme alanine dehydrogenase which could be important for utilization of alanine by TCA cycle. It was found that alanine dehydrogenase was present in all species of mycobacteria tested irrespective of the fact whether they are rapid or slow growers. Electrophoretic mobilities of alanine dehydrogenase from different species of mycobacteria were not found to be significant for taxonomical differentiation of rapid and slow growers.
mesh_terms: D050788:Alanine Dehydrogenase; D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000201:enzymology*; D009162:Mycobacterium avium / Q000201:enzymology; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000201:enzymology; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / Q000201:enzymology; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases; D050788:Alanine Dehydrogenase