A complete inventory of all enzymes in the eukaryotic methionine salvage pathway

FEBS Journal

Volumn 275, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 4111-4120

  Pirkov, Ivan ^a   Norbeck, Joakim ^a   Gustafsson, Lena ^a   Albers, Eva ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

4 methylthio 2 oxobutyrate transaminases; 5 methylthioribulose 1 phosphate dehydratase; Mde1p; Mri1p; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

4 METHYLTHIO 2 OXOBUTYRIC ACID; 5' METHYLTHIOADENOSINE; 5' METHYLTHIOADENOSINE PHOSPHORYLASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; DIOXYGENASE; ENOLASE; ENZYME; HYDROLYASE; METHIONINE; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHORYLASE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE; MDE1 GENE; MRI1 GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSAMINATION;

AMINATION; ENZYMES; GENE DELETION; METHIONINE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSAMINASES;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 48249141480     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06552.x     Document Type: Article

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