The earliest catabolic pathways.

Journal of molecular evolution ·Vol. 15 ·No. 4 ·1980-08-00 ·Pages 333-8

Clarke PH, Elsden SR

Abstract

Anaerobic catabolism of amino acids may have provided the main source of energy for primitive microorganisms. Examples are given of amino acid catabolic reactions coupled to substrate level phosphorylations occurring in present-day anaerobes which may be biochemical fossils from a very early stage of the evolution of procaryotes.

MeSH Terms

Adenosine Triphosphate/biosynthesis Amino Acids/metabolism Anaerobiosis Biological Evolution Fermentation Glycine/metabolism Oxidation-Reduction Peptide Biosynthesis Phosphorylation Proline/metabolism

Chemicals

Amino Acids Adenosine Triphosphate Proline Glycine

Authors & Affiliations

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Clarke P H

Elsden S R

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Article Info

Journal

Journal of molecular evolution

Abbr.

J Mol Evol

ISSN

0022-2844

DOI

10.1007/BF01733139

Published

1980-08-00

Pages

333-8

Language

English

Region

Germany

NLM ID

0360051

Subset

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