GLYOXYLATE OXIDATION IN ACETOBACTER WITH REFERENCE TO THE FORMATION OF OXALIC ACID

Abstract

It was shown that an oxidase system which is highly specific to glyoxylate is located in the particulate fraction of Acetobacter dioxyacetonicus.
The enzyme system can use both oxygen and 2, 6-dichlorophenolindophenol as electron acceptors, and its activity is independent of TPN or DPN, which distinguishes this system from the glyoxylic dehydrogenase purified from Pseudomonas oxalaticus by QUAYLE and his coworkers (7).
It also differs from "coenzyme independent aldehyde dehydrogenase (8)" and xanthine oxidase in the substrate specificity, the optimal pH, etc.