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Chromobacterium violaceum is a Gram-negative bacterium and one of
millions of species of free-living microorganisms that populate the soil and
water in the extant areas of tropical biodiversity around the world (Ref.1).
This bacterium has a versatile energy-generating metabolism and is capable of
exploiting a wide range of energy resources by using appropriate oxidases and
reductases. This allows C. violaceum to live in both aerobic and
anaerobic conditions. Glutathione metabolism in C. violaceum occurs
within cells in two closely linked, enzymatically controlled reactions that
utilize ATP and draw on nonessential amino acids as substrates. Glutathione is a
tripeptide, composed of glutamate, cysteine and glycine, and has numerous
important functions within the bacterial cell. This tripeptide is specifically a
thiol compound, [...] |
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