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MICROBIO EX.27
Phenylalaline Deamination
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the purpose of phenylalanine test? | To detect the ability of producing phenylalanine deaminase by removing amine group from phenylalanine. (Proteus genus from family Enterobacteriacae) |
| What does phenylalanine deaminase do? | remove NH2, result: phenylpyruvic acid. |
| Reagent? | 12% Ferric chloride. |
| How to read result? | after adding FeCl3? Positive: green->org has phenylalanine deaminase Neg: yellow -> org lacks phenylalanine deaminase. |
| What is an deaminase? | an enzyme, remove NH2, create phenylpyruvic acid. |
| FeCl3 detect? | Phenylalanine deaminase. |
| The phenylalanine deaminase test can be used to differentiate the genus ______ from other member of the family _______ ? | Proteus, Enterobacteriacae. |