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Some observations on the bacterial decarboxylation of metatyrosine

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Suspensions of Streptococcus faecalis R decarboxylate l-tyrosine and l-Dopa; there is little or no decarboxylation of metatyrosine. After treatment of the suspensions with toluene an ability of the decarboxylase to act upon metatyrosine is unmasked.

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  1. Microbiology Unit, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

    H. Blaschko & M. G. Longlands

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This work has been supported by a grant from the Medical Research Council.

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Blaschko, H., Longlands, M.G. Some observations on the bacterial decarboxylation of metatyrosine. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Arch. Pharmacol. 273, 430–433 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00499678

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