Carbohydrate metabolism in Archaea: current insights into unusual enzymes and pathways and their regulation

C Bräsen, D Esser, B Rauch… - … and Molecular Biology …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
The metabolism of Archaea, the third domain of life, resembles in its complexity those of
Bacteria and lower Eukarya. However, this metabolic complexity in Archaea is accompanied …

Model organisms for genetics in the domain Archaea: methanogens, halophiles, Thermococcales and Sulfolobales

JA Leigh, SV Albers, H Atomi… - FEMS microbiology …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
The tree of life is split into three main branches: eukaryotes, bacteria, and archaea. Our
knowledge of eukaryotic and bacteria cell biology has been built on a foundation of studies …

[HTML][HTML] The existence of a nonclassical TCA cycle in the nucleus that wires the metabolic-epigenetic circuitry

X Liu, W Si, L He, J Yang, Y Peng, J Ren… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
The scope and variety of the metabolic intermediates from the mitochondrial tricarboxylic
acid (TCA) cycle that are engaged in epigenetic regulation of the chromatin function in the …

Archaeal genetics—the third way

T Allers, M Mevarech - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2005 - nature.com
For decades, archaea were misclassified as bacteria because of their prokaryotic
morphology. Molecular phylogeny eventually revealed that archaea, like bacteria and …

Unusual pathways and enzymes of central carbohydrate metabolism in Archaea

B Siebers, P Schönheit - Current opinion in microbiology, 2005 - Elsevier
Sugar-utilizing hyperthermophilic and halophilic Archaea degrade glucose and glucose
polymers to acetate or to CO2 using O2, nitrate, sulfur or sulfate as electron acceptors …

A challenge for 21st century molecular biology and biochemistry: what are the causes of obligate autotrophy and methanotrophy?

AP Wood, JP Aurikko, DP Kelly - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2004 - academic.oup.com
We assess the use to which bioinformatics in the form of bacterial genome sequences,
functional gene probes and the protein sequence databases can be applied to hypotheses …

From genomes to function: haloarchaea as model organisms

J Soppa - Microbiology, 2006 - microbiologyresearch.org
Haloarchaea are adapted to high-salt environments and accumulate equally high salt
concentrations in the cytoplasm. The genomes of representatives of six haloarchaeal genera …

Biodegradation of the cyclic nitramine explosives RDX, HMX, and CL-20

FH Crocker, KJ Indest, HL Fredrickson - Applied Microbiology and …, 2006 - Springer
Cyclic nitramine explosives are synthesized globally mainly as military munitions, and their
use has resulted in environmental contamination. Several biodegradation pathways have …

Identification of Cryptococcus neoformans Temperature-Regulated Genes with a Genomic-DNA Microarray

PR Kraus, MJ Boily, SS Giles, JE Stajich, A Allen… - Eukaryotic …, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
The ability to survive and proliferate at 37° C is an essential virulence attribute of pathogenic
microorganisms. A partial-genome microarray was used to profile gene expression in the …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental Characterization of Cis-Acting Elements Important for Translation and Transcription in Halophilic Archaea

M Brenneis, O Hering, C Lange, J Soppa - PLoS genetics, 2007 - journals.plos.org
The basal transcription apparatus of archaea is well characterized. However, much less is
known about the mechanisms of transcription termination and translation initation. Recently …