Abstract
Enterococcus faecalis NCTC 775 was grown anaerobically in chemostat culture with pyruvate as the energy source. At low culture pH values, high in vivo and in vitro activities were found for both pyruvate dehydrogenase and lactate dehydrogenase. At high culture pH values the carbon flux was shifted towards pyruvate formate lyase. Some mechanisms possibly involved in this metabolic switch are discussed. In particular attention is paid to the NADH/NAD ratio (redox potential) and the fructose-1,6-bisphosphate-dependent lactate dehydrogenase activity as possible regulatory factors.
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Abbreviations
- PDH:
-
pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (EC 1.2.2.2)
- PFL:
-
pyruvate formate lyase (EC 2.3.1.54)
- LDH:
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lactate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.27)
- FBP:
-
fructose-1,6-bisphosphate
- MTT:
-
3-(4,5-dimethyl-thiazoyl-2)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide
- TPP:
-
thiamine pyrophosphate
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Snoep, J.L., Teixeira de Mattos, M.J., Postma, P.W. et al. Involvement of pyruvate dehydrogenase in product formation in pyruvate-limited anaerobic chemostat cultures of Enterococcus faecalis NCTC 775. Arch. Microbiol. 154, 50–55 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00249177
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