Bioenergetics of the formyl-methanofuran dehydrogenase and heterodisulfide reductase reactions in Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 270, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 66-75

  De Poorter, Linda M I ^a   Geerts, Wim G ^a   Theuvenet, Alexander P R ^a   Keltjens, Jan T ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Energy conservation; Methanogenesis; Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus; Proton motive force; Sodium motive force

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; COENZYME B; DISULFIDE; FORMYLMETHANOSURFAN DEHYDROGENASE; MESNA; SODIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOENERGY; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL LEVEL; CELL SUSPENSION; CHEMICAL REACTION; COENZYME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; METHANOBACTERIUM THERMOAUTOTROPHICUM; METHANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON MOTIVE FORCE; PROTON TRANSPORT; REDUCTION; SODIUM TRANSPORT; STOICHIOMETRY; SYNTHESIS;

ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; DISULFIDES; ENERGY METABOLISM; FURANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MESNA; METHANOBACTERIACEAE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHOSPHOTHREONINE; PROTONS; SODIUM;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOTHERMOBACTER; METHANOTHERMOBACTER THERMAUTOTROPHICUS;

EID: 0037220138     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03362.x     Document Type: Article

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