title: A proposed pathway for catabolism of propionate in methanogenic cocultures.
abstract: A metabolic pathway for the catabolism of propionate is proposed. This pathway incorporates a transcarboxylation reaction involving propionyl coenzyme A and oxaloacetate and a carboxylation of pyruvate to regenerate oxaloacetate. Data indicated that the proposed pathway is reversible. The proposed pathway and its apparent reversibility provide a reasonable explanation of observations obtained from metabolism of labeled substrate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Robbins