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. 1988 Mar 15;250(3):929-32.
doi: 10.1042/bj2500929.

Reduction of acetaldehyde to ethanol by some micro-organisms and its stereospecificity

E Maconi  1 , A Griffini, V Cavazzoni, F Aragozzini
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Reduction of acetaldehyde to ethanol by some micro-organisms and its stereospecificity

E Maconi et al. Biochem J. .

Abstract

The stereochemical course of the reduction of acetaldehyde to ethanol was investigated by evaluating, with the enzymic system yeast alcohol dehydrogenase/diaphorase and g.c.-m.s., the configuration of [1-2H]ethanol obtained from [1-2H]acetaldehyde with different micro-organisms. Although only S-[1-2H]ethanol was formed, all the micro-organisms showed evidence of the existence of alcohol dehydrogenases with opposite stereospecificity.

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