The Journal of General Physiology, Vol 34, 295-304,
Copyright © 1951 by The Rockefeller University Press
PHOSPHORYLATION DUE TO THE OXIDATION OF SUCCINIC ACID BY CELL-FREE EXTRACTS OF ESCHERICHIA COLI
David F. Hersey 1 and
Samuel J. Ajl 1
1 From the Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis
Esterification of inorganic phosphate accompanies the oxidation of succinic acid by cell-free extracts of E. coli. Inorganic phosphate appears to be an essential requirement for the dehydrogenation of the C4-dicarboxylic acid.
Submitted on July 7, 1950