Characters of very ancient proteins

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 366, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 607-611

  Ma, Bin Guang ^a   Chen, Lei ^a,b   Ji, Hong Fang ^a   Chen, Zhong Hua ^a   Yang, Fu Rong ^a   Wang, Ling ^a   Qu, Ge ^a   Jiang, Ying Ying ^a   Ji, Cong ^a   Zhang, Hong Yu ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SHANDONG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ancient proteins; Catalytic site; Molecular fossils; Power law; Protein architecture; Protein function

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARBOHYDRATE; CHLOROPHYLL; FERREDOXIN; FLAVODOXIN; HYDROLASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; PORPHYRIN; PROTEIN; PURINE; PYRIMIDINE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; RIBONUCLEASE H;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FOSSIL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PORPHYRIN METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PURINE METABOLISM; PYRIMIDINE METABOLISM; SHORT SURVEY;

BIOGENESIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, GENETIC; PROTEOME; TIME FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 37549056635     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.12.014     Document Type: Short Survey

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