Acetate kinase from Clostridium acetobutylicum: A highly specific enzyme that is actively transcribed during acidogenesis and solventogenesis

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3279-3286

  Winzer, Klaus ^a,b   Lorenz, Karin ^a   Dürre, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetate kinase; Acidogenesis; ack gene; Butyrate kinase; Clostridium acetobutylicum

Indexed keywords

ACETATE KINASE; ACETIC ACID; ACID; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE MAGNESIUM; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; DIMER; DNA FRAGMENT; HYDROXYMERCURIBENZOIC ACID; MANGANESE; MERCURY CHLORIDE; MERCURY DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GEL FILTRATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM;

EID: 0030732154     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-10-3279     Document Type: Article

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