Flavin-dependent thymidylate synthase ThyX activity: Implications for the folate cycle in bacteria

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 8537-8545

  Leduc, Damien ^a,b,e   Escartin, Frédéric ^a,c   Nijhout, H Frederik ^d   Reed, Michael C ^d   Liebl, Ursula ^a,c   Skouloubris, Stéphane ^a,b   Myllykallio, Hannu ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE ET BIOSCIENCES   (France)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; FOLIC ACID; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; QUERCETIN; THYMIDINE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE X; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOLATE METABOLISM; GENE SEQUENCE; GROWTH INHIBITION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

FLAVINS; FOLIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; TETRAHYDROFOLATES; THYMIDINE MONOPHOSPHATE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOBACTER; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

EID: 36749011792     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01380-07     Document Type: Article

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