Function, structure, and evolution of the RubisCO-like proteins and their RubisCO homologs

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 576-599

  Tabita, F Robert ^a   Hanson, Thomas E ^b   Li, Huiying ^c   Satagopan, Sriram ^a   Singh, Jaya ^a   Chan, Sum ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RUBISCO LIKE PROTEIN; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHLOROBI; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REACTION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYSIS; EVOLUTION; METHIONINE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

CHLOROBI; METHANOMICROBIA;

EID: 37349069540     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.00015-07     Document Type: Review

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