The puzzle of the Krebs citric acid cycle: Assembling the pieces of chemically feasible reactions, and opportunism in the design of metabolic pathways during evolution

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 293-303

  Meléndez Hevia, Enrique ^a   Waddell, Thomas G ^b   Cascante, Marta ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chemical design; Citric acid cycle; Evolution; Krebs cycle; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; ENZYME MECHANISM; EVOLUTION; OXIDATION; RESPIRATORY CHAIN;

EID: 0029837737     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02338838     Document Type: Article

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