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Degradation of xanthine by Penicillium chrysogenum
- Source :
- Journal of general microbiology. 56(3)
- Publication Year :
- 1969
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Abstract
- SUMMARY: Penicillium chrysogenum utilized the purines hypoxanthine, xanthine, uric acid and adenine as sole nitrogen sources but not the methylated purines caffeine and theobromine. Cell-free extracts of this organism contained the enzymes xanthine dehydrogenase, uricase, allantoinase, allantoicase and urease. Uric acid was degraded to allantoic acid by way of allantoin; allantoin was degraded to glyoxylic acid by way of allantoic acid. Xanthine dehydrogenase, uricase, allantoinase and urease were constitutive whereas allantoicase was inducible by xanthine or allantoin.
Details
- ISSN :
- 00221287
- Volume :
- 56
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of general microbiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6bc5e41c77d0be3c4512b2c50c6c0f52