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Sugar synthesis in Leptospira. I. Presence of glucosephosphate isomerase
Abstract:
The presence of glucosephosphate isomerase, one of the key enzymes in carbohydrate metabolism, was confirmed for the first time in the cell-free extract of Leptospira biflexa. The glucosephosphate isomerase of L. biflexa was heat-labile and its optimum pH was about 8.5. The enzyme showed an optimal temperature of about 45 C but was more stable at 30 C. Km value of the enzyme was 5.6 X 10(-3)M. The activity of the enzyme was inhibited by the inhibitor, 6-phosphogluconate. From this study, the presence of a metabolic pathway, the phosphogluconate pathway, other than non-oxidative pentose phosphate pathway presented by Baseman and Cox was suggested.
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