Evolution of vitamin B2 biosynthesis. A novel class of riboflavin synthase in Archaea

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 343, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 267-278

  Fischer, Markus ^a   Schott, Anne Kathrin ^a   Römisch, Werner ^a   Ramsperger, Arne ^b   Augustin, Martin ^b   Fidler, Alexander ^a   Bacher, Adelbert ^a   Richter, Gerald ^a   Huber, Robert ^b   Eisenreich, Wolfgang ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaea; Methanococcus jannaschii; novel type of riboflavin synthase; riboflavin biosynthesis; synthetic gene

Indexed keywords

RIBOFLAVIN; RIBOFLAVIN SYNTHASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GENE TRANSFER; HYDRODYNAMICS; METHANOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; VITAMIN METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CODON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; METHANOCOCCUS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCUS; METHANOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOTHERMOBACTER; METHANOTHERMOBACTER THERMAUTOTROPHICUS; METHANOTHERMOBACTER THERMOAUTOTROPHICUS; VECTORS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEA; BASE SEQUENCE; CODON; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; KINETICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METHANOCOCCUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RIBOFLAVIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 4644264487     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.08.016     Document Type: Article

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