Respiration and the F₁Fo-ATPase enhance survival under acidic conditions in Escherichia coli.

Besides amino acid decarboxylation, the ADP biosynthetic pathway was reported to enhance survival under extremely acidic conditions in Escherichia coli (Sun et al., J. Bacteriol. 193∶ 3072-3077, 2011). E. coli has two pathways for ATP synthesis from ADP: glycolysis and oxidative phosphorylation. We...

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Main Authors: Yirong Sun, Toshihiko Fukamachi, Hiromi Saito, Hiroshi Kobayashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3534200?pdf=render