VITAMIN B12 - STRUCTURE, BIOSYNTHESIS, FUNCTIONS, AND METHODS OF DETERMINATION
Journal Title: Żywność. Nauka. Technologia. Jakość - Year 2010, Vol 17, Issue 5
Abstract
In the paper, the currently available studies are presented, which deal with the vitamin B12 (cobalamin), its structure, the biochemical pathways of its biosynthesis, its importance for human health, as well as with the methods of determining it. In addition, research results into the biotechnological production of vitamin B12 are reported. The vitamin B12 is an important co-factor for the metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids, amino acid, and nucleic acids in the human body. It is also an anti- pernicious anaemia factor. The cobalamin biosynthesis is almost exclusively restricted to the prokaryotic organisms. Many bacterial species are able to synthesize vitamin B12, but only appear significantly important: Propionibacterium freudenreichii and Pseudomonas denitrificans.
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Alicja Kośmider, Katarzyna Czaczyk
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- DOI 10.15193/zntj/2010/72/017-032
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