Biosynthetic enzymes of tetrahydrolimipterin from green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium limicola

Pteridines

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 69-84

  Kang, Dongmin ^a   Kim, Sangjoon ^a   Yim, Jeongbin ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chlorobium limicola; Green sulfur bacteria; GTP cyolohydrolase; Limipterin synthase; PTP synthase; Sepiapterin reductase; Tetrahydrolimipterin

Indexed keywords

DITHIOTHREITOL; DYSPROPTERIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CYCLOHYDROLASE I; MANGANESE CHLORIDE; SEPIAPTERIN REDUCTASE; SYNTHETASE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLOROBIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

CHLOROBIUM LIMICOLA;

EID: 0031685793     PISSN: 09334807     EISSN: 21954720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/pteridines.1998.9.2.69     Document Type: Article

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