The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology
Online ISSN : 1349-8037
Print ISSN : 0022-1260
ISSN-L : 0022-1260
POLYOL DEHYDROGENASES IN CANDIDA ALBICANS
II. XYLITOL OXIDATION TO D-XYLULOSE
L.A. VEIGA
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1968 Volume 14 Issue 1 Pages 79-87

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An NAD-polyol dehydrogenase present in cell-free extracts of Candida albicans, that catalyzes the reversible oxidation of xylitol to D-xylulose, was purified about 20-fold. The purified enzyme preparations catalyzed the oxidation of xylitol to D-xylulose, D-sorbitol to D-fructose and ribitol to D-ribulose. The relatively high activity with xylitol and D-xylulose suggest that they may benatural substrates for the enzyme.

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