Threonine aldolase and alanine racemase: Novel examples of convergent evolution in the superfamily of vitamin B6-dependent enzymes

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics

Volumn 1647, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 214-219

  Paiardini, Alessandro ^a   Contestabile, Roberto ^a   D'Aguanno, Simona ^a   Pascarella, Stefano ^a   Bossa, Francesco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alanine racemase; Catalytic mechanism; Convergent evolution; Homology modelling; Pyridoxal phosphate; Threonine aldolase

Indexed keywords

ALANINE RACEMASE; ENZYME; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; PYRIDOXINE; THREONINE ALDOLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE;

CATALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FOLDING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; EVOLUTION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

ALANINE RACEMASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; EVOLUTION; GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN FOLDING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VITAMIN B 6;

EID: 0037974655     PISSN: 15709639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1570-9639(03)00050-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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