Plant and Cell Physiology, 2000, Vol. 41, No. 8 988-991
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A Novel Glycolate Oxidase Requiring Flavin Mononucleotide as the Cofactor in the Prasinophycean Alga Mesostigma viride
1 Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8572 Japan 2 Jobu University, Shimmachi, Gunma, 370-1393 Japan
A new type of glycolate-oxidizing enzyme was found in the prasinophycean alga Mesostigma viride. This enzyme was characterized as the glycolate oxidase that strongly requires FMN, thus distinguishing it from most other Prasinophytes that possess glycolate dehydrogenase instead.
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