Computational analysis of the evolution of the structure and function of 1-deoxy-D-xylulose-5-phosphate synthase, a key regulator of the mevalonate-independent pathway in plants

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Volumn 313, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 127-138

  Krushkal, Julia ^a   Pistilli, Maxwell ^b,d   Ferrell, Kathryn M ^b,e   Souret, Frederic F ^b,c   Weathers, Pamela J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Life Science and Bioengineering Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d WISTAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Applied Biosystems   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloraplast transit protein; DXS (1 Deoxy D xylulose 5 phosphate synthase); Hydrophobicity plot; Phylogenetic tree; Secondary structure; Terpenoid biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

1 DEOXY DEXTRO XYLULOSE 5 PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; ARTEMISIA ANNUA EXTRACT; MEVALONIC ACID; PEPTIDE; PROLINE; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DEOXYXYLULOSE 5 PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; DEOXYXYLULOSE-5-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; TRANSFERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLANT EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CAPSICUM; LYCOPERSICON; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SOLANACEAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEVALONIC ACID; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFERASES;

EID: 0242380387     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(03)00668-1     Document Type: Article

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