Prebiotic origin of glycolytic metabolism: Histidine and cysteine can produce acetyl CoA from glucose via reactions homologous to non-phosphorylated Entner-Doudoroff pathway

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 383-388

  Shimizu, Mikio ^a   Yamagishi, Akihiko ^b   Kinoshita, Kenji ^b   Shida, Yasuo ^b   Oshima, Tairo ^b  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acid catalysts; Energy acquiring central pathway; Origins of life; Primitive metabolism; Thermophiles

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; CYSTEINE; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; GLUCONIC ACID; GLUCOSE; HISTIDINE; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE; PYRUVIC ACID; AMINO ACID; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CATALYST; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLYCOLYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; PHOSPHORYLATION; TIME;

ACETYL COENZYME A; AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CATALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; CYSTEINE; GLUCONATES; GLUCOSE; GLYCOLYSIS; HISTIDINE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NAD; PHOSPHORYLATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 55949135293     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: 17562651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvn073     Document Type: Article

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