S-ACYL THIOCTIC ACID DERIVATIVES IN AEROBACTER AEROGENES AND SCENEDESMUS

摘要

Acetyl thioctic acid has been prepared chemically and its chromatographic and acetylating behavior is described.n2. AC14 -containing substance has been found in Scenedesmus, photosynthesizing in the presence of a-C14 -pyruvate, which has properties suggesting that it is acetyl thioctic acid.n3. AC14 -containing substance has been found in Aerobacter aerogenes, metabolizing a-C14 -pyruvate, which shows the properties of a labile conjugate of thioctic acid with some relatively polar groups.n4. Acetyl thioctic acid is formed in vitro when light acts on a solution of thioctic acid and pyruvate.