• Chemistry, Medicine
  • Published in
    The Journal of biological…
     1979

Biohydrogenation of unsaturated fatty acids. Presence of dithionite and an endogenous electron donor in Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens.

@article{Yamazaki1979BiohydrogenationOU,
  title={Biohydrogenation of unsaturated fatty acids. Presence of dithionite and an endogenous electron donor in Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens.},
  author={Shojiro Yamazaki and Samuel B. Tove},
  journal={The Journal of biological chemistry},
  year={1979},
  volume={254 10},
  pages={
          3812-7
        }
}
Two oxygen-consuming substances were isolated from cell-free extracts of the rumen anaerobe, Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens. The major fraction comprising 97% of the total activity was characterized as a three-component mixture of glucose, maltose, and dithionite. The minor activity fraction contained an electron donor for the reduction of cis-9,trans-11-octadecadienoate to trans-11-octadecenoate. After oxidation, the electron donor could be reduced by the dithionite, thereby accounting for the… CONTINUE READING
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