丙酸菌對糖類進行無氧的產生丙酸的發酵。作為丙酸的產生途徑,認為是經過由糖開始的艾姆登-邁耶霍夫途徑所產生的丙酮酸,而丙酮酸則有如下的變化:
平衡:CH3COCOOH+4H-→CH3CH2COOH+H2O
(1)methylmalony-CoA Coboxytransferase
(2)malate dehydrogense
(3)fumarase
(4)succinate dehydrogenase
(5)proptonate dehydrogenase
(6)methylmalonyl-CoA mutase
(7)methylmalonyl-CoA racemase