Sensitive Genome-Wide Screen for Low Secondary Enzymatic Activities: The YjbQ Family Shows Thiamin Phosphate Synthase Activity

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 376, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 839-853

  Morett, Enrique ^a   Saab Rincón, Gloria ^a   Olvera, Leticia ^a   Olvera, Maricela ^a   Flores, Humberto ^a   Grande, Ricardo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

alternative catalysis; new protein function; promiscuous acitvity; protein evolution

Indexed keywords

SYNTHETASE; THIAMIN PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; THIAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYST; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENOME ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PYROCOCCUS; SULFOLOBUS; THERMOTOGA; YJBQ GENE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PYROCOCCUS; SULFOLOBUS; THERMOTOGA;

EID: 38649093630     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.12.017     Document Type: Article

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