Ribonucleotide reductases: Divergent evolution of an ancient enzyme

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 138-152

  Torrents, Eduard ^a   Aloy, Patrick ^b   Gibert, Isidre ^a   Rodríguez Trelles, Francisco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^c Instituto de Investigaciones Agrobiológicas de Galicia del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lateral transfer; nrd; Phylogeny; Pyruvate formate lyase; Ribonucleotide reductase (RNR); RNR evolution; Structural alignment

Indexed keywords

COBAMAMIDE; OXYGEN; POLYPEPTIDE; RADICAL; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME MECHANISM; EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 0036301809     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-002-2311-7     Document Type: Article

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