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Seaman1 and Davies2 have recently described enzyme systems in protozoa and pig heart which catalyse the oxidative condensation of two molecules of acetyl coenzyme A to produce succinate.
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OTTAWAY, J., SARKAR, A. Formation of Lactate from Acetoacetate in the Perfused Heart. Nature 181, 1791–1792 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1811791a0
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