Ferredoxin: NAD+ oxidoreductase of Thermoanaerobacterium saccharolyticum and its role in ethanol formation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 82, Issue 24, 2016, Pages 7134-7141

  Tian, Liang ^a,c   Lo, Jonathan ^b   Shao, Xiongjun ^a,c   Zheng, Tianyong ^a,c   Olson, Daniel G ^a,c   Lynd, Lee R ^a,c  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; GENES;

CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; ETHANOL FORMATION; FUNCTIONAL DOMAINS; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; OXIDIZATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; THERMOANAEROBACTERIUM; WILD TYPES;

ETHANOL;

ACETATE; BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETHANOL; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMOLOGY; PROTEIN;

CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; THERMOANAEROBACTERIUM SACCHAROLYTICUM;

ALCOHOL; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FERREDOXIN; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; THERMOANAEROBACTERIUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; FERREDOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; NAD; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; THERMOANAEROBACTERIUM;

EID: 84997496802     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02130-16     Document Type: Article

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