The active species of “CO2” utilized in
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Rudolf K. Thauer; Barbara Käufer; Paul Scherer
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Article
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1975
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Springer
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English
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The active species of "CO2", i.e. CO2 or HCO-3(H2CO3) utilized by enzymes catalyzing ferredoxin-linked carboxylation reactions was determined. The enzyme investigated was pyruvate synthase from Clostridium pasteurianum (EC 1.2.7.1; Pyruvate: ferredoxin oxidoreductase). Data were obtained which were