GLYOXYLATE FERMENTATION BY STREPTOCOCCUS ALLANTOICUS.
Valentine, R. C. (University of Illinois, Urbana), H. Drucker, and R. S. Wolfe. Glyoxylate fermentation by Streptococcus allantoicus. J. Bacteriol. 87:241-246. 1964.-Extracts of Streptococcus allantoicus were found to degrade glyoxylate, yielding tartronic semialdehyde and CO(2). Tartronic semialdehyde was prepared chemically, and its properties were compared with the enzymatic product: reduction by sodium borohydride yielded glycerate; heating at 100 C yielded glycolaldehyde and CO(2); autoxidation yielded mesoxalic semialdehyde; periodate oxidation yielded glyoxylate and a compound presumed to be formate. Tartronic semialdehyde reductase was present in extracts of S. allantoicus and in a species of Pseudomonas grown on allantoin. A scheme for the synthesis of acetate from glyoxylate by S. allantoicus is discussed.
D000085:Acetates; D002845:Chromatography; D005285:Fermentation; D005561:Formates; D005985:Glyceraldehyde; D005988:Glyceric Acids; D006038:Glyoxylates; D008660:Metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010504:Periodic Acid; D011549:Pseudomonas; D012106:Research; D013291:Streptococcus; D013646:Tartronates
D000085:Acetates; D005561:Formates; D005988:Glyceric Acids; D006038:Glyoxylates; D013646:Tartronates; C030544:formic acid; D010504:Periodic Acid; C027028:tartronate semialdehyde; D005985:Glyceraldehyde; C042971:glyceric acid; C009288:metaperiodate; C031150:glyoxylic acid
ACETATES; CHROMATOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDY; FERMENTATION; GLYCERALDEHYDE; METABOLISM; PERIODIC ACIDS; PSEUDOMONAS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TARTRONATES