L-Threonine aldolase, serine hydroxymethyltransferase and fungal alanine racemase: A subgroup of strictly related enzymes specialized for different functions

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 268, Issue 24, 2001, Pages 6508-6525

  Contestabile, Roberto ^a   Paiardini, Alessandro ^a   Pascarella, Stefano ^a   Di Salvo, Martino L ^a   D'Aguanno, Simona ^a   Bossa, Francesco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alanine racemase; Homology modelling; Pyridoxal 5 phosphate; Serine hydroxymethyl transferase; Threonine aldolase

Indexed keywords

ALANINE RACEMASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; FUNGAL ENZYME; GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE; ISOENZYME; THREONINE ALDOLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; COCHLIOBOLUS CARBONUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALANINE RACEMASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COCHLIOBOLUS CARBONUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0035666383     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0014-2956.2001.02606.x     Document Type: Article

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