What is characteristic of fungal lysine synthesis through the α-aminoadipate pathway?

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 299-302

  Nishida, Hiromi ^a   Nishiyama, Makoto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fungal evolution; Lysine biosynthesis; Saccharopine dehydrogenase; Aminoadipate pathway; Aminoadipate reductase

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOADIPIC ACID; LYSINE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SACCHAROPINE DEHYDROGENASE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; FUNGUS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

FUNGI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033809804     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002390010091     Document Type: Article

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