Evolution of two alanine glyoxylate aminotransferases in mosquito

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 397, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 473-481

  Han, Qian ^a,b   Kim, Seong Ryul ^a   Ding, Haizhen ^a,b   Li, Jianyong ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3 hydroxykynurenine; 3 hydroxykynurenine transaminase; Aedes aegypti; Alanine glyoxylate aminotransferase; Drosophila melanogaster; Mosquito

Indexed keywords

AMINES; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIODIVERSITY; CELLS; CLONING; INSECT CONTROL; MALARIA CONTROL; MICROORGANISMS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; SUBSTRATES;

3-HYDROXYKYNURENINE; 3-HYDROXYKYNURENINE TRANSAMINASE; AEDES AEGYPTI; ALANINE GLYOXYLATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MOSQUITO;

ENZYMES;

3 HYDROXYKYNURENINE; ALANINE GLYOXYLATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ISOENZYME; XANTHURENIC ACID;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; INSECT CELL; KINETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACULOVIRIDAE; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INSECTS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PUPA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; TRANSAMINASES;

AEDES AEGYPTI; DIPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 33746876671     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20060469     Document Type: Article

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