Yokota A, Kitaoka S
Biochem J. 1979 Oct 15;184(1):189-92. doi: 10.1042/bj1840189.
Both glyoxylate reductase (NADP+) and glycollate dehydrogenase were located exclusively in mitochondria in Euglena gracilis and constitute the glycollate--glyoxylate shuttle, whose existence in higher plants was thought doubtful, owing to different subcellular locations of the two enzymes. Disrupted Euglena mitochondria showed a glycollate-dependent NADPH oxidation, indicating actual operation of the shuttle in this protozoon.
乙醛酸还原酶(NADP⁺)和乙醇酸脱氢酶都仅存在于纤细裸藻的线粒体中,并构成乙醇酸-乙醛酸穿梭途径。由于这两种酶在亚细胞中的位置不同,高等植物中该穿梭途径的存在一直受到质疑。破碎的裸藻线粒体显示出依赖乙醇酸的NADPH氧化,表明该穿梭途径在这种原生动物中实际发挥作用。