Effect of the cultivation temperature on the enzymes of sialic acid metabolism in the plague microbe

Shimaniuk, N.I.; Mishan'kin, B.N.

Mikrobiolohichnyi Zhurnal 44(6): 49-53

1982


ISSN/ISBN: 0201-8462
PMID: 7154995
Document Number: 187360
N-acetylneuraminate pyruvate lyase (EC 4.1.3.3) which splits and synthesizes neuraminic acid is found in plague agent. Aldolase activity of the plague microbes increases with the cultivation temperature up to 37.degree. C, as does neuraminidase activity. Cultivation at 37.degree. C results in a 10-30% decrease of the sialic acid content in the cells.

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