The archaeon Pyrococcus horikoshii possesses a bifunctional enzyme for formaldehyde fixation via the ribulose monophosphate pathway

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3636-3642

  Orita, Izumi ^a   Yurimoto, Hiroya ^a   Hirai, Reiko ^a   Kawarabayasi, Yutaka ^b   Sakai, Yasuyoshi ^a   Kato, Nobuo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 PHOSPHO 3 HEXULOISOMERASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; FORMALDEHYDE; GENE PRODUCT; HEXULOSE PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN PHI938; RIBULOSE PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FORMALDEHYDE FIXATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEAT TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROCOCCUS HORIKOSHII; REACTION ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOSTABILITY;

ALDEHYDE-LYASES; ALDOSE-KETOSE ISOMERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FORMALDEHYDE; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PENTOSES; PYROCOCCUS HORIKOSHII; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE;

ARCHAEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PYROCOCCUS HORIKOSHII;

EID: 18944406404     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.11.3636-3642.2005     Document Type: Article

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