New glycyl radical enzymes catalysing key metabolic steps in anaerobic bacteria

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 386, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 981-988

  Selmer, Thorsten ^a   Pierik, Antonio J ^a   Heider, Johann ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

4 hydroxyphenylacetate decarboxylase; Anaerobic ribonucleotide reductase; Benzylsuccinate synthase; Glycerol dehydratase; Pyruvate formatelyase

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYPHENYLACETATE DECARBOXYLASE; 4 HYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; BENZYLSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; CARBOXYLYASE; COBAMAMIDE; FORMATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCEROL; GLYCEROL DEHYDRATASE; GLYCEROL DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCYL RADICAL ENZYME; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; LYASE; PARA CRESOL; PYRUVIC ACID; RADICAL; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; SUCCINIC ACID; SYNTHETASE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOCATALYST; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SUBUNIT; EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; CARBON-CARBON LYASES; CARBOXY-LYASES; GLYCINE; HYDRO-LYASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 27644532857     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14316730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2005.114     Document Type: Review

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