Citrate synthase and 2-methylcitrate synthase: Structural, functional and evolutionary relationships

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 929-935

  Gerike, Ursula ^a   Hough, David W ^a   Russell, Nicholas J ^b   Dyall Smith, Michael L ^c   Danson, Michael J ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

2 methylcitrate synthase; Citrate synthase; Metabolism; Propionate

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CITRATE SYNTHASE; PROPIONIC ACID; PYRUVIC ACID; SUCCINIC ACID; SYNTHETASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; THERMOPLASMA ACIDOPHILUM;

EID: 0031977559     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-4-929     Document Type: Article

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