Novel insights into the bioenergetics of mixed-acid fermentation: Can hydrogen and proton cycles combine to help maintain a proton motive force?

IUBMB Life

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-7

  Trchounian, Armen ^a   Gary Sawers, R ^b  

^a YEREVAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Armenia)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

bioenergetics; Escherichia coli; F0F1 ATPase; fermentation; hydrogen cycle; hydrogenases; proton cycle

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; F0F1-ATPASE; FERMENTATION; HYDROGEN CYCLE; HYDROGENASES; PROTON CYCLE;

BACTERIA; ENERGY METABOLISM; FERMENTATION; HYDROGEN; PROTON-MOTIVE FORCE; PROTONS;

EID: 84893732702     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iub.1236     Document Type: Review

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