Conversion of Fensulfothion by Klebsiella pneumoniae to Fensulfothion Sulfide and Its Accumulation.
P Timms, IC MacRae
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Abstract
In a detailed study it was shown that washed cell suspensions of K. pneumoniae reduced the organophosphorus pesticide fensulfothion to fensulfothion sulfide. Temperature and pH optima for this conversion plus sensitivity to sulfydryl-reacting agents strongly suggested enzyme involvement. The reaction was also quite sensitive to molecular oxygen, only proceeding under conditions of low oxygen tension. Once formed, the fensulfothion sulfide was rapidly bound by living and heat-killed cells. A combination of lysozyme treatment and differential centrifugation showed 90 % of the sulfide to be concentrated in the cell membrane fraction of exposed cells.
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- Australian Journal of Biological Sciences
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- 1982