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Glyoxylate, formed as a result of allantoin degradation, is converted by Hyphomicrobium species to glycerate via tartronate semialdehyde. Glyoxylate carboligase and tartronate semialdehyde reductase, the two enzymes involved, are present only in cells grown on allantoin as nitrogen source.
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van der Drift, C., de Windt, F.E. Glyoxylate conversion by Hyphomicrobium species grown on allantoin as nitrogen source. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 49, 167–172 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00393675
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