Novel thiols of prokaryotes

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2001, Pages 333-356

  Fahey, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coenzyme B; Coenzyme M; Ergothioneine; Glutathione amide; Mycothiol

Indexed keywords

7 MERCAPTOHEPTANOYLTHREONINE PHOSPHATE; ACETYLCYSTEINE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; COENZYME B; GLUCOSAMINE; GLUTATHIONE; INOSITOL; MESNA; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENERGY CONVERSION; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HALOBACTERIUM; METHANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW; SULFUR BACTERIUM;

CYSTEINE; DISACCHARIDES; ERGOTHIONEINE; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCOPEPTIDES; INOSITOL; MESNA; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PHOSPHOTHREONINE; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; PYRAZOLES; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROMATIACEAE; CYANOBACTERIA; HALOBACTERIA; HALOBACTERIUM; METHANOBACTERIUM; PHOTOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0034775463     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.55.1.333     Document Type: Review

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