Puzzling over orphan enzymes

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 517-523

  Lespinet, O ^a   Labedan, B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY OF THE CELL I2BC   (France)

Author keywords

Database exactitude; EC number; Gene annotation; Hidden knowledge; Orphan enzyme; Protein function; Protein sequence

Indexed keywords

4 CHLOROPHENOL; ENZYME; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROLASE; ISOMERASE; LIGASE; LYASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; TRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CATALYSIS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DATA BASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHYLLUM COMMUNE;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DATABASES, GENETIC; ENZYMES; PROTEOMICS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; SCHIZOPHYLLUM COMMUNE;

EID: 33645049066     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-005-5520-6     Document Type: Review

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