sn-Glycerol-1-phosphate-forming activities in Archaea: Separation of archaeal phospholipid biosynthesis and glycerol catabolism by glycerophosphate enantiomers

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1330-1333

  Nishihara, Masateru ^a   Yamazaki, Tomoko ^b   Oshima, Tairo ^b   Koga, Yosuke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GLYCEROL; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCEROPHOSPHATE;

ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ENANTIOMER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; METHANOBACTERIUM THERMOAUTOTROPHICUM; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOISOMERISM; THERMOPLASMA;

METHANOBACTERIUM THERMOAUTOTROPHICUM;

EID: 0033026470     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.4.1330-1333.1999     Document Type: Article

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