Using Quaternary Structures to Assess the Evolutionary History of Proteins: The Case of the Aspartate Carbamoyltransferase

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 364-373

  Labedan, Bernard ^a   Xu, Ying ^b   Naumoff, Daniil G ^a,c   Glansdorff, Nicolas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c STATE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND SELECTION OF INDUSTRIAL MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Aspartate carbamoyltransferase; Catalytic PyrB subunit; Coevolution process; Dihydroorotase; Linear correlation coefficient; Protein protein interactions; Regulatory PyrI subunit

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; DIHYDROOROTASE; HOLOENZYME; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CALCULATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; EVOLUTION; GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE;

ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; ASPARTATE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 1542376767     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msh024     Document Type: Article

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