6-Pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase orthologs of either a single or dual domain structure are responsible for tetrahydrobiopterin synthesis in bacteria

FEBS Letters

Volumn 580, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 4900-4904

  Kong, Jin Sun ^a   Kang, Ji Youn ^a   Kim, Hye Lim ^a   Kwon, O Seob ^a   Lee, Kon Ho ^b   Park, Young Shik ^a  

^a Inje University   (South Korea)

^b Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

6 Pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase; Bimodular structure; Cyanobacteria; Green sulfur bacteria; Paralog; Tetrahydrobiopterin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL 6 PYRUVOYLTETRAHYDROPTERIN SYNTHASE II; BACTERIAL 6 PYRUVOYLTETRAHYDROPTERIN SYNTHASE IS; GLUCOSIDE; ISOENZYME; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CATALYSIS; CHLOROBI; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; FUNCTIONAL PROTEOMICS; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE MUTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL PROTEOMICS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOPTERIN; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PHOSPHORUS-OXYGEN LYASES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBI; CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 7942;

EID: 33747867590     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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