The importance of porE and porF in the anabolic pyruvate oxidoreductase of Methanococcus maripaludis

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 68-73

  Lin, Winston ^a,b   Whitman, William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaea; Ferredoxin; Methanococcus; Methanogenesis; Pyruvate oxidoreductase

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE DEHYDROGENASE; FERREDOXIN; PYRUVATE OXIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CULTURE MEDIUM; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC SIMILARITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LACTOSE OPERON; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS; METHANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE ORDER; GENES, ARCHAEAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HYDROGENASE; KETONE OXIDOREDUCTASES; METHANE; METHANOCOCCUS; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; OPERON; PYRUVATE SYNTHASE; PYRUVIC ACID;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOCOCCUS; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0742269406     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-003-0629-1     Document Type: Article

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