Systematic discovery of analogous enzymes in thiamin biosynthesis

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 790-795

  Morett, Enrique ^a   Korbel, Jan O ^b,c   Rajan, Emmanuvel ^a   Saab Rincon, Gloria ^a   Olvera, Leticia ^a   Olvera, Maricela ^a   Schmidt, Steffen ^b,d   Snel, Berend ^b,e   Bork, Peer ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^c MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ENZYMES; GENES;

BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAYS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

ENZYME; SYNTHETASE; THIAMINE; THIAMINE PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THIAMINE BIOSYNTHESIS;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THIAMINE;

EID: 0037715424     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt834     Document Type: Article

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