Discovery of a ferredoxin:NAD+-oxidoreductase (Rnf) in Acetobacterium woodii: A novel potential coupling site in acetogens

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1125, Issue , 2008, Pages 137-146

  Müller, Volker ^a,b   Imkamp, Frank ^a,c   Biegel, Eva ^a   Schmidt, Silke ^a   Dilling, Sabrina ^a,c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ETH Zürich ^*  (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acetobacterium woodii; Acetogens; Caffeate respiration; Carbonate respiration; Energy conservation; Rnf

Indexed keywords

ACETOGENIN; CAFFEIC ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE; FERREDOXIN NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE; SODIUM;

ACETOBACTERIUM; ACETOBACTERIUM WOODII; BIOENERGY; BREATHING; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENERGY CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN;

ACETOBACTERIUM WOODII;

EID: 41349105505     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1419.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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