Acetate kinase isozymes confer robustness in acetate metabolism.

Acetate kinase (ACK) (EC no: 2.7.2.1) interconverts acetyl-phosphate and acetate to either catabolize or synthesize acetyl-CoA dependent on the metabolic requirement. Among all ACK entries available in UniProt, we found that around 45% are multiple ACKs in some organisms including more than 300 spec...

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Main Authors: Siu Hung Joshua Chan, Lasse Nørregaard, Christian Solem, Peter Ruhdal Jensen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3956926?pdf=render