Two independent routes of de novo vitamin B6 biosynthesis: Not that different after all

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 407, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-13

  Fitzpatrick, Teresa B ^a   Amrhein, Nikolaus ^a   Kappes, Barbara ^b   Macheroux, Peter ^c   Tews, Ivo ^d   Raschle, Thomas ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deoxyxylulose 5 phosphate; Glutamine amidotransferase; Pdx; Pyridoxal 5 phosphate (PLP); Vitamin B6

Indexed keywords

DEOXYXYLULOSE 5-PHOSPHATE; GLUTAMINE AMIDOTRANSFERASE; VITAMIN B;

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; FUNGI; PHOSPHATES;

VITAMINS;

4 PHOSPHOHYDROXY THREONINE; DEOXYXYLULOSE 5 PHOSPHATE; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE; PYRIDOXINE; PYRIDOXINE 5' PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLULOSE;

BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLYCOLYSIS; HORMONE ACTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; LIGASES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITROGENOUS GROUP TRANSFERASES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; THREONINE; VITAMIN B 6; XYLOSE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI;

EID: 35148883429     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20070765     Document Type: Review

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