title: Sugar transport in (hyper)thermophilic archaea.
abstract: Hyperthermophilic archaea show important metabolic adaptations for growth on carbohydrates under hostile conditions. For carbohydrate uptake so far only ABC-type transporters have been described that are equipped with a uniquely high affinity as compared to mesophilic bacterial systems. This allows these organisms to efficiently scavenge all available carbohydrates from the extreme environment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Sonja M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Koning
authors.forename: Sonja-Verena
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Albers
authors.forename: Wil N
authors.initials: WN
authors.lastname: Konings
authors.forename: Arnold J M
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Driessen
mesh_terms: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001105:Archaea / Q000378:metabolism*; D019843:Archaeal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D001692:Biological Transport; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
chemical_list: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D019843:Archaeal Proteins