An ancient pathway combining carbon dioxide fixation with the generation and utilization of a sodium ion gradient for ATP synthesis.

Synthesis of acetate from carbon dioxide and molecular hydrogen is considered to be the first carbon assimilation pathway on earth. It combines carbon dioxide fixation into acetyl-CoA with the production of ATP via an energized cell membrane. How the pathway is coupled with the net synthesis of ATP...

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Main Authors: Anja Poehlein, Silke Schmidt, Anne-Kristin Kaster, Meike Goenrich, John Vollmers, Andrea Thürmer, Johannes Bertsch, Kai Schuchmann, Birgit Voigt, Michael Hecker, Rolf Daniel, Rudolf K Thauer, Gerhard Gottschalk, Volker Müller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22479398/?tool=EBI