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Acetoacetyl-CoA transferase and thiolase reactions are catalyzed by a single enzyme in Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824.

Takeshi Nakamura, Yasuo Igarashi, Tohru Kodama

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Clostridium acetobutylicum metabolizes carbohydrates anaerobically to acetone and butanol as the main fermentation products.A batch-wise acetone-butanol fermentation by C. acetobutylicum can be divided into two distinctive phases, an acid production phase

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Key concepts: Thiolase, Clostridium acetobutylicum, Chemistry, Enzyme, Transferase, Biochemistry, Clostridium, Catalysis