Caffeate respiration in the acetogenic bacterium Acetobacterium woodii: A coenzyme a loop saves energy for caffeate activation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1942-1947

  Hess, Verena ^a   González, José M ^b   Parthasarathy, Anutthaman ^c,e   Buckel, Wolfgang ^c,d   Müller, Volker ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETOGENIC BACTERIA; ACETYL-COA; APPARENT K; BUTYRYL-COA; CATALYTIC DOMAINS; CINNAMATES; COENZYME A; FERULATES; MICHAELIS-MENTEN KINETIC; MOLECULAR HYDROGEN; PING-PONG MECHANISM; POLYPEPTIDE CHAIN; SODIUM IONS; STEADY STATE; SYNTHETASES;

BACTERIA; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METAL IONS; PURIFICATION; REACTION KINETICS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY;

CAFFEIC ACID; CAFFEIC ACID DERIVATIVE; COENZYME A; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; RESPIRATION;

ACETOBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PH; TEMPERATURE;

ACETOBACTERIUM; CAFFEIC ACIDS; COENZYME A; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84874796051     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03604-12     Document Type: Article

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