Bacterial origin for the isoprenoid biosynthesis enzyme HMG-CoA reductase of the archaeal orders thermoplasmatales and archaeoglobales

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1378-1388

  Boucher, Yan ^a,d   Huber, Harald ^b   L'Haridon, Stéphane ^c   Stetter, Karl O ^b   Doolittle, W Ford ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

^d CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archaeoglobus; Gene displacement; HMG CoA reductase; Isoprenoid; Lateral gene transfer; Thermoplasma

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; ISOPRENOID;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARCHAEOGLOBALES; ARCHAEOGLOBUS FULGIDUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EUKARYOTE; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOMONAS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMOPLASMA;

ARCHAEOGLOBUS FULGIDUS; PSEUDOMONAS MEVALONII; THERMOPLASMA;

EID: 0034939491     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003922     Document Type: Article

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