Life with carbon monoxide

Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 165-195

  Ragsdale, Stephen W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetogenesis; Acetyl CoA synthase; Carbon dioxide fixation; CO dehydrogenase; CO2 fixation; Copper; Evolution; Gene regulation; Heme; Iron sulfur; Iron sulfur cluster; Metallobiochemistry; Metalloenzyme; Methanogenesis; Molybdopterin; Nickel

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A SYNTHETASE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE DEHYDROGENASE; CORRINOID; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PYRUVATE SYNTHASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; AUTOTROPHY; CARBON SOURCE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHANNEL GATING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENZYME MECHANISM; GAS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; REVIEW; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACETATE-COA LIGASE; ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CARBON MONOXIDE; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 4444331541     PISSN: 10409238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10409230490496577     Document Type: Review

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