Chemiosmotic energy from malolactic fermentation
Donald J. Cox, Thomas Henick‐Kling
Journal of Bacteriology
Abstract
By using the luciferase-luciferin ATP assay and whole cells of Leuconostoc oenos, we have demonstrated that malolactic fermentation does yield ATP. This energy-yielding mechanism did not occur in a cell extract and was inhibited in the presence of dicyclohexylcarbodiimide or an ionophore such as monensin. A lactate:proton efflux mechanism for this proposed pathway is presented.
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malolactic fermentation yields ATP
“By using the luciferase-luciferin ATP assay and whole cells of Leuconostoc oenos, we have demonstrated that malolactic fermentation does yield ATP.”
malolactic fermentation involves lactate:proton efflux mechanism
“A lactate:proton efflux mechanism for this proposed pathway is presented.”