RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Van de Casteele, Mark A1 Demarez, Marc A1 Legrain, Christiane A1 Glansdorff, Nicolas A1 Piérard, AndréYR 1990 T1 Pathways of arginine biosynthesis in extreme thermophilic archaeo-and eubacteria JF Microbiology, VO 136 IS 7 SP 1177 OP 1183 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-136-7-1177 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1465-2080, AB The pathway of arginine biosynthesis was investigated in two thermophilic eubacteria, Thermus aquaticus and Thermotoga maritima, and in two thermophilic archaeobacteria, Sulfolobus solfataricus and Pyrococcus furiosus. In the first three organisms, arginine biosynthesis proceeds via N-acetylated intermediates as in mesophilic microorganisms. Only the enzymes catalysing the three last steps of the pathway could be detected in P. furiosus. The two eubacterial strains possess an ornithine acetyltransferase and are thus able to recycle the acetyl group from acetylornithine to glutamate. The archaeobacterium, S. solfataricus, uses the linear pathway in which the formation of ornithine is mediated by the hydrolytic enzyme acetylornithinase. Repression of enzyme synthesis by arginine was observed for most of the enzymes tested in T. aquaticus and S. solfataricus. Feedback inhibition by arginine was shown only on the ornithine acetyltransferase from T. aquaticus. This inhibition pattern is of interest since it would be the first example of control of arginine biosynthesis at this particular step. Data concerning the thermal stability of the arginine biosynthetic enzymes are presented., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-136-7-1177