Identification and biochemical characterization of serine hydroxymethyl transferase in the hydrogenosome of Trichomonas vaginalis

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2072-2078

  Mukherjee, Mandira ^a   Sievers, Stuart A ^a   Brown, Mark T ^a   Johnson, Patricia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; DIMERIZATION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; ORGANELLES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

ARCHEZOA; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTISTA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 33845650719     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00249-06     Document Type: Article

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