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IT is generally assumed that Saccharomyces cerevisiæ (baker's yeast) can metabolize pyruvate: (a) by simple decarboxylation, a reaction not requiring oxygen, catalysed by carboxylase1, and (b) by oxidation, as described by Lieben2 and Meyerhof3, an oxygen-requiring reaction the precise mechanism of which is not known. In this communication experiments are briefly described which provide a general explanation of the mechanism of pyruvate aerobic oxidation by yeast and determine the role of carboxylase.
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STOPPANI, A. Pyruvate Metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiæ. Nature 167, 653–654 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/167653b0
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