Biophysical and biochemical studies support TP0094 as a phosphotransacetylase in an acetogenic energy-conservation pathway in Treponema pallidum

• Chad A. Brautigam ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Chad.Brautigam@UTSouthwestern.edu

  Affiliations Department of Biophysics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

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• Ranjit K. Deka,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

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• Shih-Chia Tso,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biophysics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

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• Wei Z. Liu,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

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• Michael V. Norgard

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

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