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acetate kinase activity

Known as: AK activity, ATP:acetate phosphotransferase activity, AckA 
Catalysis of the reaction: ATP + acetate = ADP + acetyl phosphate. [EC:2.7.2.1]
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Substrate-Level Phosphorylation Is the Primary Source of Energy Conservation during Anaerobic Respiration of Shewanella oneidensis Strain MR-1
ABSTRACT It is well established that respiratory organisms use proton motive force to produce ATP via F-type ATP synthase… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Combining metabolic engineering and metabolic evolution to develop nonrecombinant strains of Escherichia coli C that produce succinate and malate
Derivatives of Escherichia coli C were engineered to produce primarily succinate or malate in mineral salts media using simple… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Eliminating side products and increasing succinate yields in engineered strains of Escherichia coli C
Derivatives of Escherichia coli C were previously described for succinate production by combining the deletion of genes that… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Evolution of Acetoclastic Methanogenesis in Methanosarcina via Horizontal Gene Transfer from Cellulolytic Clostridia
ABSTRACT Phylogenetic analysis confirmed that two genes required for acetoclastic methanogenesis, ackA and pta, were horizontally… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
In situ analysis of nitrogen fixation and metabolic switching in unicellular thermophilic cyanobacteria inhabiting hot spring microbial mats
Genome sequences of two Synechococcus ecotypes inhabiting the Octopus Spring microbial mat in Yellowstone National Park revealed… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Homofermentative Production of d- orl-Lactate in Metabolically Engineered Escherichia coli RR1
ABSTRACT We investigated metabolic engineering of fermentation pathways inEscherichia coli for production of optically pured- or… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Monitoring of genes that respond to process-related stress in large-scale bioprocesses.
In large-scale aerobic fed-batch processes, cells are exposed to local zones of high glucose concentrations that can also cause… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
The role of CcpA transcriptional regulator in carbon metabolism in Bacillus subtilis.
The CcpA protein has been identified as a key regulator of carbon metabolism in Bacillus subtilis. CcpA is a DNA binding protein… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Expression of Escherichia coli pyruvate oxidase (PoxB) depends on the sigma factor encoded by the rpoS(katF) gene
The activity of Escherichia coli pyruvate oxidase (PoxB) was shown to be growth‐phase dependent; the enzyme activity reaches a… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Involvement of phosphotransacetylase, acetate kinase, and acetyl phosphate synthesis in control of the phosphate regulon in Escherichia coli
Two controls of the phosphate (PHO) regulon require sensor proteins that are protein kinases that phosphorylate the regulator… 
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