The DNA-repair protein AlkB, EGL-9, and leprecan define new families of 2-oxoglutarate- and iron-dependent dioxygenases

Genome Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages

  Aravind, L ^a   Koonin, Eugene V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

AlkB Homolog; Dioxygen Molecule; Normal Muscle Function; Oxygenase Superfamily; Phyletic Distribution

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; ALKANE 1 MONOOXYGENASE; ALPHA-KETOGLUTARIC ACID; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME P450; EGL 9 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; EGL-9 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; HELMINTH PROTEIN; IRON; LEPRE1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE; OXYGENASE; PROTEOGLYCAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALKANE 1-MONOOXYGENASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DATABASES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; IRON; KETOGLUTARIC ACIDS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYGENASES; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEOGLYCANS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0035221419     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2001-2-3-research0007     Document Type: Article

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