Assay and properties of acetone carboxylase, a novel enzyme involved in acetone-dependent growth and CO2 fixation in Rhodobacter capsulatus and other photosynthetic and denitrifying bacteria

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 755-766

  Birks, Stephen J ^a   Kelly, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetone; Carboxylase; Rhodobacter; Rhodomicrobium; Thiosphaera

Indexed keywords

2 BUTANONE; ACETONE; ACETYL COENZYME A; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BICARBONATE; CARBON; CARBON 14; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBOXYLASE; MAGNESIUM ION; SOLVENT;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CARBOXYLATION; DATA BASE; DENITRIFICATION; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

EID: 0030974926     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-3-755     Document Type: Article

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