Genetic characterization of a single bifunctional enzyme for fumarate reduction and succinate oxidation in Geobacter sulfurreducens and engineering of fumarate reduction in Geobacter metallireducens

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 450-455

  Butler, Jessica E ^a   Glaven, Richard H ^a   Esteve Núñez, Abraham ^a,d   Núñez, Cinthia ^a,b   Shelobolina, Evgenya S ^a,e   Bond, Daniel R ^a,c   Lovley, Derek R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; DICARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER; FUMARATE REDUCTASE; FUMARIC ACID; PROTEIN FRDCAB; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; SUCCINIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENGINEERING; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER METALLIREDUCENS; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE; WOLINELLA SUCCINOGENES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER METALLIREDUCENS; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; WOLINELLA SUCCINOGENES;

EID: 30744454041     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.2.450-455.2006     Document Type: Article

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