The pyrophosphate-dependent phosphofructokinase of the protist, Trichomonas vaginalis, and the evolutionary relationships of protist phosphofructokinases

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 739-750

  Mertens, Emmanuel ^a,c   Ladror, Uri S ^b,d   Lee, Jennifer A ^a   Miretsky, Anya ^a   Morris, Andrea ^a,e   Rozario, Catherine ^a,f   Kemp, Robert G ^b   Müller, Miklós ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS   (Belgium)

^d ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminochondriate protist; Enzyme evolution; Glycolysis; Parabasala; Phosphofructokinase; PP(i); Trichomonas

Indexed keywords

6 PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; PYROPHOSPHATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; DNA PRIMERS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

ARCHEZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CYANOBACTERIA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; HETEROLOBOSEA; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; PARABASALA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROPIONIBACTERIUM FREUDENREICHII; PROTISTA; SPIROCHAETES; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0032429638     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006433     Document Type: Article

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