L-Arabinose degradation pathway in the haloarchaeon Haloferax volcanii involves a novel type of l-arabinose dehydrogenase

Extremophiles

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 897-909

  Johnsen, Ulrike ^a   Sutter, Jan Moritz ^a   Zaiß, Henning ^a   Schönheit, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaea; Extended short chain dehydrogenase reductase; Haloferax volcanii; l Arabinose dehydrogenase; Metabolic pathways; Pentose catabolism

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOBACTERIA; HALOBACTERIALES; HALOFERAX VOLCANII;

ARABINOSE; ARABINOSE DEHYDROGENASE; ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; L-ARABINOSE DEHYDROGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM;

ARABINOSE; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CARBOHYDRATE DEHYDROGENASES; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; HYDROLYSIS;

EID: 84886289374     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-013-0572-2     Document Type: Article

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