Presence of a novel phosphopentomutase and a 2-deoxyribose 5-phosphate aldolase reveals a metabolic link between pentoses and central carbon metabolism in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus kodakaraensis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 4185-4191

  Rashid, Naeem ^a   Imanaka, Hiroyuki ^a   Fukui, Toshiaki ^a   Atomi, Haruyuki ^a   Imanaka, Tadayuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 DEOXYRIBOSE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; DEOXYRIBOSEPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; PHOSPHOPENTOMUTASE; RIBOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CARBON METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; THERMOCOCCUS KODAKARAENSIS;

ALDEHYDE-LYASES; CARBON; EDETIC ACID; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PENTOSES; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RIBOSEMONOPHOSPHATES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOCOCCUS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; THERMOCOCCUS; THERMOCOCCUS KODAKARAENSIS;

EID: 3042565616     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.13.4185-4191.2004     Document Type: Article

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