PYD2 encodes 5,6-dihydropyrimidine amidohydrolase, which participates in a novel fungal catabolic pathway

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 295, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1073-1087

  Gojkovic, Zoran ^a,b   Jahnke, Karin ^c   Schnackerz, Klaus D ^c   Piškur, Jure ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catabolism; Dihydropyrimidinase; Enzyme evolution; Pyrimidines; Saccharomyces kluyveri

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROPYRIMIDINASE; DIHYDROPYRIMIDINE DEHYDROGENASE; DIHYDROURACIL; FUNGAL ENZYME; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; INTRON; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES KLUYVERI; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES KLUYVERI;

EID: 0034723154     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3393     Document Type: Article

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