A RuBisCO-mediated carbon metabolic pathway in methanogenic archaea

Takunari Kono; Sandhya Mehrotra; Chikako Endo; Natsuko Kizu; Mami Matusda; Hiroyuki Kimura; Eiichi Mizohata; Tsuyoshi Inoue; Tomohisa Hasunuma; Akiho Yokota; Hiroyoshi Matsumura; Hiroki Ashida

doi:10.1038/ncomms14007

Nature Communications (Jan 2017)

A RuBisCO-mediated carbon metabolic pathway in methanogenic archaea

Takunari Kono,
Sandhya Mehrotra,
Chikako Endo,
Natsuko Kizu,
Mami Matusda,
Hiroyuki Kimura,
Eiichi Mizohata,
Tsuyoshi Inoue,
Tomohisa Hasunuma,
Akiho Yokota,
Hiroyoshi Matsumura,
Hiroki Ashida

Affiliations

Takunari Kono: Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Sandhya Mehrotra: Department of Biological Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology and Science
Chikako Endo: Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Natsuko Kizu: Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
Mami Matusda: Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Kobe University
Hiroyuki Kimura: Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Science, Shizuoka University
Eiichi Mizohata: Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
Tsuyoshi Inoue: Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
Tomohisa Hasunuma: Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Kobe University
Akiho Yokota: Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Hiroyoshi Matsumura: Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University
Hiroki Ashida: Graduate School of Human Development and Environment, Kobe University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14007
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Although not photosynthetic, some archaea possess RuBisCO, one of the enzymes characteristic of the photosynthetic Calvin-Benson cycle, but apparently lack another one, phosphoribulokinase (PRK). Here the authors describe a carbon metabolic pathway in methanogenic archaea, involving RuBisCO and PRK.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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