In silico identification of a new group of specific bacterial and fungal nitroreductases-like proteins

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 355, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 919-925

  de Oliveira, Iuri Marques ^a   Henriques, João Antonio Pêgas ^a,b   Bonatto, Diego ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Biotecnologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacterial NrlAp; Nitroreductases; Reactive nitrogen oxide species; Type I nitroreductase; Yeast Frm2p Hbn1p

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; NITROREDUCTASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CLADISTICS; COMPUTER MODEL; EUKARYOTE; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NITROREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 33847718252     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.02.049     Document Type: Article

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