Pyruvate decarboxylase: A key enzyme for the oxidative metabolism of lactic acid by Acetobacter pasteurianus

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 176, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 443-451

  Chandra Raj, Krishnan ^a   Ingram, Lonnie O ^a   Maupin Furlow, Julie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetic acid bacteria; Alcohol dehydrogenase; Aldehyde dehydrogenase; Ethanol fermentation; Ethanol oxidation; Lactate metabolism; Pyruvate decarboxylase

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ISOENZYME; LACTIC ACID; MANNITOL; PYRUVATE DECARBOXYLASE; PYRUVIC ACID;

ACETOBACTER; ACETOBACTER PASTEURIANUS; AEROBIC METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ZYMOGRAPHY; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

ACETOBACTER; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VECTORS; LACTIC ACID; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PYRUVATE DECARBOXYLASE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ACETOBACTER PASTEURIANUS; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANABAENA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

EID: 0035206267     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030100348     Document Type: Article

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