Purification and properties of acetyl-CoA synthetase (ADP-forming), an archaeal enzyme of acetate formation and ATP synthesis, from the hyperthermophile Pyrococcus furiosus

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 244, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 561-567

  Glasemacher, Jürgen ^a   Bock, Anne Katrin ^a   Schmid, Roland ^b   Schönheit, Peter ^c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetate formation; Acetyl CoA synthetase (ADP forming); Archaea; Hyperthermophiles; Pyrococcus furiosus

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A SYNTHETASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS;

EID: 0031039802     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00561.x     Document Type: Article

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