Studies on glycerol metabolism of hyperthermophilic arhaea

从柯达热球菌KOD1的基因组信息中寻找甘油代谢相关基因。从结果来看，这些基因的数量被认为比细菌的数量要少。通过对这些基因的酶学表征、基因破坏和操纵子结构分析，表明与细菌或真核生物相比，T. kodakarensis的甘油代谢途径非常简单，对甘油代谢具有独特的调控机制。

The genes related to glycerol metabolism were searched from genomic information of Thermococcus kodakarensis KOD1. From the results, the number of the genes is thought to be smaller than that of bacteria. Following analysis about those genes, e. g. enzymatic characterization, gene disruption and operon structure analysis, indicate that the glycerol metabolic pathway of T. kodakarensis is very simple to compare with that of bacteria or eukarya and have a unique regulation mechanism for the glycerol metabolism.