Geranylgeranyl reductase involved in the biosynthesis of archaeal membrane lipids in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Archaeoglobus fulgidus

FEBS Journal

Volumn 274, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 805-814

  Murakami, Motomichi ^a   Shibuya, Kyohei ^b   Nakayama, Toru ^b   Nishino, Tokuzo ^b   Yoshimura, Tohru ^a   Hemmi, Hisashi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Archaea; Geranylgeranyl reductase; Isoprenoid; Lipid; Oxidoreductase

Indexed keywords

2,3 DI O GERANYLGERANYLGLYCERYL PHOSPHATE; 2,3 DI O PHYTANYLGLYCERYL PHOSPHATE; 3 O GERANYLGERANYLGLYCERYL PHOSPHATE; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; FLAVOPROTEIN; GERANYLGERANYL PYROPHOSPHATE; GERANYLGERANYL REDUCTASE; GLYCEROL DERIVATIVE; MEMBRANE LIPID; MENAQUINONE; PRENYL REDUCTASE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; SODIUM DITHIONITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARCHAEOGLOBUS FULGIDUS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPERTHERMOPHILIC ARCHAEON; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; ARCHAEOGLOBUS FULGIDUS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDOREDUCTASES;

ARCHAEA; ARCHAEOGLOBUS FULGIDUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33846424568     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2006.05625.x     Document Type: Article

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