The semi-phosphorylative Entner-Doudoroff pathway in hyperthermophilic archaea: A re-evaluation

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 390, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 529-540

  Ahmed, Hatim ^a   Ettema, Thijs J G ^b   Tjaden, Britta ^a   Geerling, Ans C M ^b   Van Der Oost, John ^b   Siebers, Bettina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

2 keto 3 deoxygluconate (KDG); Carbohydrate metabolism; Entner Doudoroff pathway; Gluconate dehydratase; Hyperthermophilic archaea; Phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATES; CHARACTERIZATION; CLONING; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; METABOLISM; PROTEINS;

2-KETO-3-DEOXYGLOCONATE (KDG); CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ENTNER-DUODOROFF PATHWAY; GLUCONATE DEHYDRATASE; HYPERTHERMOPHILIC ARCHAEA; PHOSPHORYLATION;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

2 KETO 3 DEOXY (6 PHOSPHO)GLUCONATE ALDOLASE; 2 KETO 3 DEOXYGLUCONATE KINASE; GLUCONATE DEHYDRATASE; GLUCONIC ACID; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENOMICS; GLYCOLYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOPROTEUS TENAX;

ALDEHYDE-LYASES; GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASES; HYDRO-LYASES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); SULFOLOBUS; THERMOPROTEUS;

ARCHAEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; THERMOPROTEUS TENAX;

EID: 25144485326     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20041711     Document Type: Article

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