Evolution of enzyme superfamilies

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 492-497

  Glasner, Margaret E ^a   Gerlt, John A ^b   Babbitt, Patricia C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; CARBON; CHELATE; ENOLASE; ENOYL COENZYME A HYDRATASE; ENZYME; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; HALOACID; HALOACID DEHALOGENASE; LYASE; MAGNESIUM ION; METAL ION; N ACETYLNEURAMINATE LYASE; N ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; SYNTHETASE; TERPENE; TERPENE CYCLASE; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTION; METAL BINDING; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 33748525221     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.08.012     Document Type: Review

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