Latimer, Matthew T.2014-03-142014-03-141993-10-05etd-10202005-102824http://hdl.handle.net/10919/40034The genes encoding the acetate kinase and phosphotransacetylase enzymes from <i>Methanosarcina thermophila</i> were isolated from a genomic library on a fifteen kilobase fragment The genes are located adjacent to one another, with the phosphotransacetylase gene (<i>pta</i>) directly upstream of the acetate kinase gene (<i>ack</i>). The two genes were sequenced, along with a third Open Reading Frame (designated <i>orfY</i>). The <i>orfY</i> gene appears to encode a novel protein whose physiological function has yet to be determined.x, 146 leavesBTDapplication/pdfenIn CopyrightLD5655.V856 1993.L374Acetates -- MicrobiologyFlavoproteinsMethanosarcina thermophilaCharacterization of the genes and gene products of the acetate-activating enzymes and a novel iron-sulfur flavoprotein from Methanosarcina thermophila strain TM-1Dissertationhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10202005-102824/