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IN a recent communication in Nature 1, we pointed out that it has been suggested by several authors that metaphosphate may be a source of ‘high-energy’ phosphate in the cells of a number of lower organisms, but that this had not been proved2. The question has since been investigated in this laboratory.
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Winder, Frank, and Denneny, Joan M., Nature, 174, 353 (1954).
Added in proof.—See, however, Hoffmann-Ostenhof et al., Biochim. et Biophys. Acta., 14, 285 (1954).
Hunter, G. J. E., Biochem. J., 55, 320 (1953).
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WINDER, F., DENNENY, J. Utilization of Metaphosphate for Phosphorylation by Cell-free Extracts of Mycobacterium smegmatis . Nature 175, 636 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/175636a0
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