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J Bacteriol
; 129(2): 926-33, 1977 Feb.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-320197
ABSTRACT
A new mutation introducing a one-carbon requirement (e.g., formate) for the glycine-supplemented growth of a serine-glycine auxotroph (ser1) was correlated with a lack of glycine decarboxylase activity. The presence of oxalate decarboxylase activity or glyoxylate decarboxylase activity did not overcome the one-carbon requirement. Another mutation characterized by the absence of oxalate decarboxylase activity did not introduce a one-carbon requirement. The presence and physiological significance of glycine decarboxylase activity in Saccharomyces are thus inferred.