type	Journal Article
authors	Shimamoto, G.; Berk, R.S.
title	Catabolism of taurine in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
journal	Biochim Biophys Acta
Activity	2.6.1.77
sel	unselected
ui	113035
year	(1979)
volume	569
number	2
pages	287-92
abstract	Cell-free extracts of taurine-grown Pseudomonas aeruginosa catalyze the transamination of taurine and pyruvate resulting in the formation of L-alanine and sulfoacetaldehyde. The enzyme responsible for this activity has been partially purified in order to demonstrate its participation in a pathway of taurine degradation. Ethyl methane sulfonate treatment of Ps. aeruginosa yielded a mutant deficient in taurine transaminase and incapable of growing on taurine indicating that the enzyme is of physiological significance in this organism.
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