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Major pathways of carbon metabolism were studied in strains D-402 and D-405 of freshwater colorless sulfur bacteria of the genus Beggiatoa grown organotrophically and mixotrophically. The bacteria were found to possess all the enzymes of the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) and glyoxylate cycles. When organotrophic growth changed to mixotrophic growth, the activity of the TCA cycle enzymes decreased 2- to 3-fold, but the activity of enzymes of the glyoxylate cycle increased threefold. It follows that, in the oxidation of thiosulfate, organic compounds no longer play the leading part in the energy metabolism, and most of electrons that enter the electron transport chain (ETC) derive from inorganic sulfur compounds. A connection was established between the structure and kinetic characteristics of malate dehydrogenase—an enzyme of the TCA and glyoxylate cycles—and the type of carbon metabolism in the strains studied. Malate dehydrogenase in organotrophically grown cells of strains D-402 and D-405 is dimeric, whereas in strain D-402 grown mixotrophically it is tetrameric.
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Stepanova, I.Y., Eprintsev, A.T., Falaleeva, M.I. et al. Dependence of Malate Dehydrogenase Structure on the Type of Metabolism in Freshwater Filamentous Colorless Sulfur Bacteria of the Genus Beggiatoa. Microbiology 71, 377–382 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019825006330
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