Mechanisms of acetate formation and acetate activation in halophilic archaea

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 175, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 360-368

  Bräsen, Christopher ^a   Schönheit, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetate activation; Acetate formation; Acetate kinase; ADP forming acetyl CoA synthetase; AMP forming acetyl CoA synthetase; Halophilic archaea; Phosphate acetyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ACETATE KINASE; ACETIC ACID; ACETYL COENZYME A SYNTHETASE; GLUCOSE; PHOSPHATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CATALYSIS; CELL SUSPENSION; FERMENTATION; HALOCOCCUS; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; HALORUBRUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACETATE-COA LIGASE; ACETIC ACID; ACETYL COENZYME A; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; ARCHAEA; COENZYME A LIGASES; ENZYME STABILITY; GLUCOSE; KINETICS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOCOCCUS; HALOFERAX; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; HALORUBRUM; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0034997498     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030100273     Document Type: Article

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