The Rnf complex of Clostridium ljungdahlii is a proton-translocating ferredoxin: NAD+ oxidoreductase essential for autotrophic growth

mBio

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Tremblay, Pier Luc ^a   Zhang, Tian ^a   Dar, Shabir A ^a   Leang, Ching ^a   Lovley, Derek R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FERREDOXIN:NAD+ OXIDOREDUCTASE; FRUCTOSE; PROTON; PROTON PUMP; RNF COMPLEX PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FERREDOXIN NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; FERREDOXIN-NAD+ REDUCTASE; NITROGEN; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ACETOGENESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM LJUNGDAHLII; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HETEROTROPHY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTON GRADIENT; PROTON MOTIVE FORCE; PROTON TRANSPORT; RNFA GENE; RNFB GENE; RNFC GENE; RNFD GENE; RNFE GENE; RNFG GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYMOLOGY; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FRUCTOSE; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENES, ESSENTIAL; NITROGEN; OPERON; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PROTON-MOTIVE FORCE;

EID: 84874639721     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00406-12     Document Type: Article

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