Conditional iron and pH-dependent activity of a non-enzymatic glycolysis and pentose phosphate pathway

Science Advances

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Keller, Markus A ^a,e   Zylstra, Andre ^a   Castro, Cecilia ^a   Turchyn, Alexandra V ^b   Griffin, Julian L ^a,c   Ralser, Markus ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d THE FRANCIS CRICK INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BINDING ENERGY; CARBON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; PH; PHOSPHATES; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION RATES; SEDIMENTS; SUGARS; TOPOLOGY; TRANSITION METALS;

BINDING AFFINITIES; BIOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; CELLULAR METABOLIC NETWORKS; EVOLUTIONARY ORIGIN; METABOLIC PATHWAYS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE PATHWAY; PH-DEPENDENT ACTIVITY;

INTERNET PROTOCOLS;

CARBON; IRON; SUGAR PHOSPHATE;

CATALYSIS; EVOLUTION; GLYCOLYSIS; METABOLISM; METABOLOMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEA;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CARBON; CATALYSIS; GLYCOLYSIS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METABOLOMICS; OCEANS AND SEAS; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE PATHWAY; SUGAR PHOSPHATES;

EID: 84975472063     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23752548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1501235     Document Type: Article

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