Spore photoproduct lyase from Bacillus subtilis spores is a novel iron- sulfur DNA repair enzyme which shares features with proteins such as class III anaerobic ribonucleotide reductases and pyruvate-formate lyases

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 4879-4885

  Rebeil, Roberto ^a   Sun, Yubo ^b,e   Chooback, Lilian ^b,f   Pedraza Reyes, Mario ^c   Kinsland, Cynthia ^d   Begley, Tadhg P ^d   Nicholson, Wayne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

^d Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; FORMIC ACID; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; LYASE; PYRUVIC ACID; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; THYMINE DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORE GERMINATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031679414     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.18.4879-4885.1998     Document Type: Article

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