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Enzymes Regulation and Metabolism of Carbohydrate in Archaea

Sujata Poornima

Abstract


Archaea's metabolic intricacy is complemented with the disappearance of several traditional metabolic activities, especially for core glucose metabolism. In terms of capabilities, Archaea, the third category of living, has metabolic reactions comparable to Bacterial or less than Eukarya. Archaea is distinguished by the existence of distinct protein alterations of typical routes such as the Entner-Doudor off and Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas Systems. The PPP Pentose Phosphate Pathway is only partially present, and pentose breakdown differs dramatically from that observed in bacteria. The identification of novel enzymes has an impact on such conditions, with far-reaching ramifications for the located in specific concepts, and the loss of typical allosteric regulatory locations found in Bacteria and Eukarya. The purpose of this section is to describe what is known about major carbohydrate metabolic pathways and how they are regulated in Archaea. Pathway alterations are examined in relation to rare archaic biocatalysts, their morphological and functional characteristics, and their unique regulatory characteristics and unique regulatory qualities in compared to its classic equivalents in Bacterial or Eukarya to give a clear view of their complexities.

Enzymes Regulation and Metabolism of Carbohydrate in Archaea


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Enzymes, metabolic activity, archaea, regulations, pathways

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37628/ijbb.v8i1.773

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