Identification of the genes encoding enzymes involved in the early biosynthetic pathway of pteridines in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 169-176

  Lee, Soo Woong ^a   Lee, Hee Woo ^a   Chung, Hyun Jae ^a   Kim, Young A ^a   Kim, Yeon Jeong ^a   Hahn, Yoonsoo ^a   Chung, Jae Hoon ^a   Park, Young Shik ^a,b  

^a Inje University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

6 Pyruvoyltetrahydroplerine synthase; Cyanopterine; Dihydraneopterine aldolase; GTP cyclohydrolase I; Heterologous overexpression; Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CYCLOHYDROLASE I; PTERIDINE DERIVATIVE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SEPIAPTERIN REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; ALDEHYDE-LYASES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYANOBACTERIA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GTP CYCLOHYDROLASE; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHOSPHORUS-OXYGEN LYASES; PTERIDINES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0032764490     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00234-7     Document Type: Article

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