The effect of substituted benzoic acids on adaptive enzyme formation in a Mycobacterium.
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Certain Mycobacteriu form adaptive enzymes for the oxidation of benzoic acid (1). The oxidation proceeds through catechol and protocatechuic acid (2) and is thus similar to that in PseudomonasJEuorescens (3). Neither cyclohexanecarboxylic acid nor any substituted benzoic acid is oxidized by these Mycobacteria, but certain of these compounds can induce the organism to form adaptive enzymes for benzoic acid and catechol. This is shown by the following experiments.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of biological chemistry
دوره 203 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1953