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The danger of metabolic pathways with turbo design.
Trends in biochemical sciences - 1 May 1998
Teusink B, Walsh M C, van Dam K, Westerhoff H V
Abstract excerpt
Many catabolic pathways begin with an ATP-requiring activation step, after which further metabolism yields a surplus of ATP. Such a 'turbo' principle is useful but also contains an inherent risk. This is illustrated by a detailed kinetic analysis of a paradoxical Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant; the mutant fails to grow on glucose because of overactive initial enzymes of glycolysis, but is defective only in an...
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