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Stickland Fermentation
Stickland fermentation or The Stickland Reaction is the name for a chemical reaction that involves the coupled oxidation and reduction of amino acids to organic acids. The electron donor amino acid is oxidised to a volatile carboxylic acid one carbon atom shorter than the original amino acid. For example, alanine with a three carbon chain is converted to acetate with two carbons. The electron acceptor amino acid is reduced to a volatile carboxylic acid the same length as the original amino acid. For example, glycine with two carbons is converted to acetate. In this way, amino acid fermenting microbes can avoid using hydrogen ions as electron acceptors to produce hydrogen gas. Amino acids can be Stickland acceptors, Stickland donors, or act as both donor and acceptor. Only histidine cannot be fermented by Stickland reactions, and is oxidised. With a typical amino acid mix, there is a 10% shortfall in Stickland acceptors, which results in hydrogen production. Under very low ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stickland Reaction General
Stickland is a surname of Great Britain, British origin, which may be a locational surname, indicating a person from the village of Stickland in the parish of Winterborne Stickland, Dorset. Alternatively, it may be a topographic name for a person who lived by a steep slope, from the Middle English ''stickel'' ("steep") and "land".''Dictionary of American Family Names''"Stickland Family History" Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 17 January 2016. The surname may refer to: *Jonathan Stickland (born 1983), American politician *Stickland fermentation, L. H. Stickland, British biochemist *Lee Stickland, New Zealand soccer player *Dinosaur Roar!, Paul Stickland (born 1957), British illustrator See also *Strickland (surname) References {{surname Surnames of British Isles origin English toponymic surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |