Aminopropyltransferases: Function, structure and genetics

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-9

  Ikeguchi, Yoshihiko ^a   Bewley, Maria C ^b   Pegg, Anthony E ^b  

^a JOSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminopropyltransferase; Polyamines; S adenosylmethionine; Spermidine; Spermine; Thermophiles

Indexed keywords

AMINOPROPYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; ENZYME INHIBITOR; SPERMIDINE SYNTHASE; SPERMINE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CATALYSIS; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME REGULATION; EUKARYOTE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SHORT SURVEY; SKELETON MALFORMATION; YEAST;

AMINES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SPERMIDINE SYNTHASE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EUKARYOTA; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 32944472945     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvj019     Document Type: Short Survey

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