Coordination of FocA and pyruvate formate-lyase synthesis in escherichia coli demonstrates preferential translocation of formate over other mixed-acid fermentation products

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1428-1435

  Beyer, Lydia ^a   Doberenz, Claudia ^a   Falke, Dörte ^a   Hunger, Doreen ^a   Suppmann, Bernhard ^a,b   Sawers, R Gary ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FOCA PROTEIN; FORMATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FORMIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; LYASE; MICROBIAL PRODUCTS NOT CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE; SUCCINIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN;

ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; START CODON; TRANSLATION INITIATION; WILD TYPE;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FERMENTATION; FORMATES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84875553057     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.02166-12     Document Type: Article

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