The strict molybdate-dependence of glucose-degradation by the thermoacidophile Sulfolobus acidocaldarius reveals the first crenarchaeotic molybdenum containing enzyme - An aldehyde oxidoreductase

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 260, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 540-548

  Kardinahl, Simone ^b   Schmidt, Christian L ^b   Hansen, Thomas ^b   Anemüller, Stefan ^b   Petersen, Arnd ^b   Schäfer, Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aldehyde oxidoreductase; Archaea; Glycolysis; Molybdenum; Sulfolobus acidocaldarius

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; MOLYBDENUM;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; GLYCOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS;

ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; ANAEROBIOSIS; CATALYSIS; COENZYMES; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GLUCOSE; METALLOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLYBDENUM; PTERIDINES; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS;

EID: 0001511271     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00201.x     Document Type: Article

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