The direct precursor of the pyrimidine moiety of thiamin is not urocanic acid but histidine in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-10

  Ishida, Shiho ^a   Tazuya Murayama, Keiko ^b   Kijima, Yukie ^a   Yamada, Kazuko ^a  

^a MUKOGAWA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DAIICHI UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Histidine; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Thiamin; Urocanic acid

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE; PYRIMIDINE; THIAMINE; UROCANIC ACID;

ARTICLE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EUKARYOTIC CELLS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HISTIDINE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; PYRIMIDINES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; THIAMINE; UROCANIC ACID;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 40949116404     PISSN: 03014800     EISSN: 18817742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.54.7     Document Type: Article

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