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. 1977 Apr;130(1):571-4.
doi: 10.1128/jb.130.1.571-574.1977.

Choline metabolism in pneumococci

B Bean, A Tomasz

Choline metabolism in pneumococci

B Bean et al. J Bacteriol. 1977 Apr.

Abstract

Phosphorylcholine and cytidine diphosphocholine as well as two enzyme activities, a choline kinase and a cytidine diphosphocholine pyrophosphorylase, were identified in pneumococcal extracts. It is suggested that cytidine diphosphocholine may be a biosynthetic precursor of the choline moiety in the teichoic acids of pneumococcus.

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