Department of Chemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 1988 May;54(5):1300-1. doi: 10.1128/aem.54.5.1300-1301.1988.
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.
提出了丙酸分解代谢的代谢途径。该途径包括涉及丙酰辅酶 A 和草酰乙酸的转羧反应,以及丙酮酸的羧化作用以再生草酰乙酸。数据表明,所提出的途径是可逆的。所提出的途径及其明显的可逆性为标记底物代谢获得的观察结果提供了合理的解释。