The α/β fold uracil DNA glycosylases: a common origin with diverse fates

Genome Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2000, Pages

  Aravind, L ^a   Koonin, Eugene V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Common Evolutionary Origin; Protein Structure Comparison; Significant Sequence Similarity; Uracil; Yersinia Pestis

Indexed keywords

DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSIDASE; URACIL DNA GLYCOSIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGY; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA BASE; ENZYMOLOGY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DATABASES; DNA GLYCOSYLASES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; N-GLYCOSYL HYDROLASES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOFTWARE; URACIL-DNA GLYCOSIDASE; VIRUSES;

EID: 0034576553     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2000-1-4-research0007     Document Type: Article

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