Reassessment of the transhydrogenase/malate shunt pathway in Clostridium thermocellum ATCC 27405 through kinetic characterization of malic enzyme and malate dehydrogenase

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2423-2432

  Taillefer, M ^a   Rydzak, T ^a,b   Levin, D B ^a   Oresnik, I J ^a   Sparling, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLATION; CHARACTERIZATION; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENZYMES; ETHANOL; MANGANESE; METABOLISM;

CATALYTIC EFFICIENCIES; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; CONSOLIDATED BIO-PROCESSING; KINETIC CHARACTERIZATION; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; METABOLIC PATHWAYS; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATES; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; CATALYSIS; CELLULOSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; FUEL CELL; METABOLISM;

CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM ATCC 27405;

ALCOHOL; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; CELLULOSE; COENZYME; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALIC ACID; MALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) TRANSHYDROGENASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; OXALOACETIC ACID; PYROPHOSPHORIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; COENZYME; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CELLULOSE; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; COENZYMES; DIPHOSPHATES; ETHANOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; KINETICS; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALATES; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; NAD; NADP; NADP TRANSHYDROGENASES; OXALOACETIC ACID;

EID: 84925357278     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03360-14     Document Type: Article

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