Insights into the autotrophic CO2 fixation pathway of the archaeon Ignicoccus hospitalis: Comprehensive analysis of the central carbon metabolism

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 4108-4119

  Jahn, Ulrike ^a   Huber, Harald ^a   Eisenreich, Wolfgang ^b   Hügler, Michael ^c,d   Fuchs, Georg ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOADIPIC ACID; 2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; ACETYL COENZYME A; ALANINE; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; CARBON; CARBON 13; CARBON DIOXIDE; CITRATE SYNTHASE; CITRIC ACID; FORMALDEHYDE; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HEXOSE; HEXOSE PHOSPHATE; ISOLEUCINE; OXALOACETIC ACID; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROLINE; PROTEIN KINASE; PYRUVATE SYNTHASE; PYRUVIC ACID; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; SERINE; THREONINE; WATER; CITRAMALIC ACID; LYSINE; MALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PYRUVIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIAL GENOME; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CARBOXYLATION; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLYCOLYSIS; HYPERTHERMOPHILIC ARCHAEON; IGNICOCCUS HOSPITALIS; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ARCHAEA; IGNICOCCUS; NANOARCHAEUM EQUITANS;

2-AMINOADIPIC ACID; ACETYL COENZYME A; ARCHAEA; AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; CITRIC ACID; FRUCTOSE-BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLYCOLYSIS; HEXOSEPHOSPHATES; ISOLEUCINE; LYSINE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALATES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXALOACETATE; PENTOSEPHOSPHATES; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE; PYRUVATE SYNTHASE; PYRUVATES;

EID: 34249798717     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00047-07     Document Type: Article

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