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IN a previous letter1, I discussed the respiration of the minced breast muscle of the pigeon. In this material succinic acid seems to play by its reversible two-step oxidation to fumaric and hydroxyfumaric acid an important rôle as catalytic hydrogen carrier.
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NATURE, 136, 305; Feb. 23, 1935.
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SZENT-GYÖRGYI, A. Mechanism of Respiration. Nature 135, 1040 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/1351040a0
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