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Journal of Bacteriology, January 2001, p. 397-400, Vol. 183, No. 1
Department of Applied Biological Science,
Faculty of Science and Technology, Science University of Tokyo,
2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510,1 and
Department of Biotechnology, The University of Tokyo,
Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657,2 Japan
Received 23 May 2000/Accepted 6 October 2000
The nonallosteric and allosteric L-lactate
dehydrogenases of Lactobacillus pentosus and L. casei, respectively, exhibited broad substrate specificities,
giving virtually the same maximal reaction velocity and substrate
Km values for pyruvate and oxaloacetate. Replacement of Pro101 with Asn reduced the activity of the L. pentosus enzyme toward these alternative substrates to a greater extent than the activity toward pyruvate.
0021-9193/01/$04.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.1.397-400.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
Some Lactobacillus L-Lactate
Dehydrogenases Exhibit Comparable Catalytic Activities for Pyruvate
and Oxaloacetate
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Applied Bioscience, Faculty of Science and Technology, Science
University of Tokyo, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan. Phone:
81-471-24-1501, ext. 3407. Fax: 81-471-23-9767. E-mail:
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