A unique fungal lysine biosynthesis enzyme shares a common ancestor with tricarboxylic acid cycle and leucine biosynthetic enzymes found in diverse organisms

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 401-408

  Irvin, Steven D ^a,b   Bhattacharjee, Jnanendra K ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminoadipate pathway; Adaptive evolution; Amino acid metabolism; Evolutionary origin; Gene duplication; Homoaconitase; Homoaconitate hydratase; Lysine biosynthesis; Molecular evolution

Indexed keywords

ACONITATE HYDRATASE; ENZYME; IRON REGULATORY FACTOR; ISOMERASE; LYSINE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; EUBACTERIUM; EUKARYOTE; FUNGUS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC SELECTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN;

ACONITATE HYDRATASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; HYDRO-LYASES; ISOMERASES; LEUCINE; LYSINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 0031960184     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006319     Document Type: Article

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