Pyruvate formate lyase and acetate kinase are essential for anaerobic growth of Escherichia coli on xylose

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 7593-7600

  Hasona, Adnan ^a   Kim, Youngnyun ^a   Healy, F G ^a,b   Ingram, L O ^a   Shanmugam, K T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ACETATE KINASE; ACETIC ACID; ACETYL COENZYME A; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALCOHOL; ARABINOSE; FORMATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; LYASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLOSE;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUGAR TRANSPORT;

ACETATE KINASE; ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ANAEROBIOSIS; ARABINOSE; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; XYLOSE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 7744237727     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.22.7593-7600.2004     Document Type: Article

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