Evolutionary Relationship between Initial Enzymes of Tetrapyrrole Biosynthesis

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 358, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1212-1220

  Schulze, Jörg O ^a   Schubert, Wolf Dieter ^a   Moser, Jürgen ^b   Jahn, Dieter ^b   Heinz, Dirk W ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

glutamate 1 semialdehyde 2,1 aminomutase; GSAM; GSAM from Synechoccus; GSAMSyn

Indexed keywords

5 AMINOLEVULINATE SYNTHASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; GLUTAMATE 1 SEMIALDEHYDE 2,1 AMINOMUTASE; GLUTAMYL TRNA REDUCTASE; ISOENZYME; MONOMER; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; TETRAPYRROLE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; EUKARYOTE; ISOENZYME ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEOBACTERIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMOSYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; THERMOSYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS;

EID: 33646078119     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.02.064     Document Type: Article

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