Biochemical and functional characterization of phosphoserine aminotransferase from Entamoeba histolytica, which possesses both phosphorylated and non-phosphorylated serine metabolic pathways

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-83

  Ali, Vahab ^a   Nozaki, Tomoyoshi ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaerobic protist; Cysteine biosynthesis; Serine biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; O ACETYLSERINE; O PHOSPHO DEXTRO SERINE; PHOSPHOSERINE; PHOSPHOSERINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOTHREONINE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; SERINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKALINITY; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHIC MUTANT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTEROIDES; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LYSATE; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CYSTEINE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SERINE; TRANSAMINASES;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 28044470323     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2005.09.008     Document Type: Article

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