Novel organization and sequences of five genes encoding all six enzymes for de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis in Trypanosoma cruzi

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 285, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 149-161

  Gao, Guanghan ^a   Nara, Takeshi ^a   Nakajima Shimada, Junko ^a   Aoki, Takashi ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glycosomal targeting signal SKL; Polycistronic transcription unit; Pyr6 5 fusion gene; Pyrimidine biosynthetic (pyr) gene cluster; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; DIHYDROOROTASE; DIHYDROOROTATE DEHYDROGENASE; OROTATE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; OROTIDINE 5' PHOSPHATE DECARBOXYLASE; PYRIMIDINE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CISTRON; COVALENT BOND; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIMIDINE SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 0033534532     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2293     Document Type: Article

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