A systems biology approach reveals major metabolic changes in the thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus in response to the carbon source L-fucose versus D-glucose

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 882-908

  Wolf, Jacqueline ^a   Stark, Helge ^a   Fafenrot, Katharina ^b   Albersmeier, Andreas ^c   Pham, Trong K ^d   Müller, Katrin B ^a   Meyer, Benjamin H ^e   Hoffmann, Lena ^e   Shen, Lu ^b   Albaum, Stefan P ^c   Kouril, Theresa ^b,f   Schmidt Hohagen, Kerstin ^a   Neumann Schaal, Meina ^a   Bräsen, Christopher ^b   Kalinowski, Jörn ^c   Wright, Phillip C ^d   Albers, Sonja Verena ^e   Schomburg, Dietmar ^a   Siebers, Bettina ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^f STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 KETO 3 DEOXY FUCONATE; 4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ARABINOSE; FUCOSE; GLUCOSE; GLYOXYLIC ACID; HYDRACRYLIC ACID; HYDROLYASE; LACTALDEHYDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARBON; PROTEOME; PYRUVIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE TRANSPORT; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METABOLOMICS; PROCEDURES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARBON; FUCOSE; GLUCOSE; HYDRO-LYASES; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METABOLOMICS; PROTEOME; PYRUVIC ACID; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84995976604     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13498     Document Type: Article

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