Characterization and partial purification of an ATPase and inorganic pyrophosphatase of the archaebacterium Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum

• Published in: Biochimica et biophysica acta Vol. 1201; no. 2; p. 271
• Main Authors: Roth, R, Bachofen, R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands 11.11.1994
• Subjects: Adenosine Triphosphatases - chemistry; Adenosine Triphosphatases - classification; Adenosine Triphosphatases - isolation & purification; Methanobacterium - enzymology; Pyrophosphatases - chemistry; Pyrophosphatases - isolation & purification; Subcellular Fractions - enzymology

ATPase and inorganic pyrophosphatase (PPase) activities have been detected in several methanogenic bacteria. These activities are believed to play a crucial role in energy metabolism. In the present study we have investigated some characteristics of the ATPase and the inorganic PPase activities of M...