Dissection of the caffeate respiratory chain in the acetogen Acetobacterium woodii: Identification of an Rnf-type NADH dehydrogenase as a potential coupling site

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 8145-8153

  Imkamp, Frank ^a   Biegel, Eva ^a   Jayamani, Elamparithi ^b   Buckel, Wolfgang ^b   Müller, Volker ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); CAFFEIC ACID; FERREDOXIN; FLAVOPROTEIN; PROTEIN ETFA; PROTEIN ETFB; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETOBACTERIUM; ACETOBACTERIUM WOODII; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACETOBACTERIUM; ACETYL COENZYME A; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIOSIS; CAFFEIC ACIDS; COENZYME A; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRON-TRANSFERRING FLAVOPROTEINS; HYDROGEN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NADH DEHYDROGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASES;

ACETOBACTERIUM WOODII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 36549018651     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01017-07     Document Type: Article

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