Isoform-dependent feedback regulation of serine O-acetyltransferase isoenzymes involved in l-cysteine biosynthesis of Entamoeba histolytica

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-47

  Hussain, Sarwar ^a   Ali, Vahab ^a,b   Jeelani, Ghulam ^a,c   Nozaki, Tomoyoshi ^a,d  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b RAJENDRA MEMORIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amoebiasis; Cysteine biosynthesis; E. histolytica; Feedback inhibition; Sulfur assimilation; Sulfur containing amino acids

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; CYSTEINE; ISOENZYME; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; SERINE; SERINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; SERINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE 1; SERINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE 2; SERINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME KINETICS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE IDENTIFICATION; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE CONSTRUCTION METHOD; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CYSTEINE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; ISOENZYMES; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SERINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 56549125538     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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