Sulphoglycolysis in Escherichia coli K-12 closes a gap in the biogeochemical sulphur cycle

Nature

Volumn 507, Issue 7490, 2014, Pages 114-117

  Denger, Karin ^a   Weiss, Michael ^a   Felux, Ann Katrin ^a   Schneider, Alexander ^b   Mayer, Christoph ^b   Spiteller, Dieter ^a   Huhn, Thomas ^a   Cook, Alasdair M ^a   Schleheck, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROXYACETONE PHOSPHATE; ISOMERASE;

ALGA; BACTERIUM; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERN; GLUCOSE; GROWTH RATE; LIPID; MOSS; SULFUR CYCLE;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CATABOLISM; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE CLUSTER; GENOME ANALYSIS; GLYCOLYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SULFUR CYCLE; SULPHOGLYCOLYSIS;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; FILICOPHYTA; PHOTOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

ALDEHYDE-LYASES; ALKANESULFONATES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DIHYDROXYACETONE PHOSPHATE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLYCOLYSIS; ISOMERASES; METHYLGLUCOSIDES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; SULFUR;

EID: 84895888207     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature12947     Document Type: Article

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