Energy conservation associated with ethanol formation from H2 and CO2 in Clostridium autoethanogenum involving electron bifurcation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 197, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 2965-2980

  Mock, Johanna ^a   Zheng, Yanning ^a   Mueller, Alexander P ^b   Ly, San ^b   Tran, Loan ^b   Segovia, Simon ^b   Nagaraju, Shilpa ^b   Köpke, Michael ^b   Dürre, Peter ^c   Thauer, Rudolf K ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LanzaTech Limited   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); ACETALDEHYDE FERREDOXIN OXIDOREDUCTASE; ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; BACTERIAL EXTRACT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE DEHYDROGENASE; FERREDOXIN; FERREDOXIN DEPENDENT TRANSHYDROGENASE; FERREDOXIN NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE REDUCTASE; FORMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HYDROGENASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) TRANSHYDROGENASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTON; PYRUVATE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACETIC ACID; ACETYL COENZYME A; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYDROGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; P112 PROTEIN, RAT; PHOSPHOPROTEIN;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM AUTOETHANOGENUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACETIC ACID; ACETYL COENZYME A; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLOSTRIDIUM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY METABOLISM; ETHANOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HYDROGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHOSPHOPROTEINS;

EID: 84940421681     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00399-15     Document Type: Article

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