Comparative analysis of Embden-Meyerhof and Entner-Doudoroff glycolytic pathways in hyperthermophilic archaea and the bacterium Thermotoga

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 217-232

  Selig, Martina ^a   Xavier, Karina B ^b   Santos, Helena ^b   Schönheit, Peter ^a,c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

6 phosphofructokinases; 13C NMR; Desulfurococcus; Embden Meyerhof pathways; Entner Doudoroff pathways; glyceraldehyde 3 phosphate :ferredoxin oxidoreductase; hexokinases; hyperthermophilic archaea; hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga; Thermococcus

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLYCOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; DESULFUROCOCCUS AMYLOLYTICUS; EMBDEN MEYERHOF GLYCOLYTIC PATHWAY; ENTNER DOUDOROFF GLYCOLYTIC PATHWAY; FERMENTATION; HYPERTHERMOPHILIC ARCHAEON; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS; THERMOCOCCUS CELER; THERMOCOCCUS LITORALIS; THERMOPROTEUS TENAX; THERMOTOGA; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFUROCOCCUS; DESULFUROCOCCUS AMYLOLYTICUS; SULFOLOBUS; SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS; THERMOCOCCUS; THERMOCOCCUS CELER; THERMOCOCCUS LITORALIS; THERMOPROTEUS; THERMOPROTEUS TENAX; THERMOTOGA; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

6 PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE; HEXOKINASE;

EID: 0031002263     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03356097     Document Type: Article

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