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EXTRACTS of some Cyanophyceae1–3, and Rhodopseudomonas spheroides2,4 appear to lack significant amounts of fructose-1,6-diphosphate aldolase. These findings were unexpected, at least with respect to the blue-green organisms, for two groups of authors5,6 found that the distribution of 14C in the products formed during photosynthesis was similar to that obtained with Chlorella, an alga which contains aldolase. This manuscript is concerned with the partial characterization of aldolase in Anacystis nidulans and R. spheroides. A similar enzyme was also detected in extracts of Tolypothrix tenuis and Anabaenopsis sp.
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WILLARD, J., SCHULMAN, M. & GIBBS, M. Aldolase in Anacystis nidulans and Rhodopseudomonas spheroides. Nature 206, 195 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/206195a0
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