Discovery of proteinaceous N-modification in lysine biosynthesis of Thermus thermophilus

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 673-679

  Horie, Akira ^a,e   Tomita, Takeo ^a   Saiki, Asako ^a,f   Kono, Hidetoshi ^b   Taka, Hikari ^c   Mineki, Reiko ^c   Fujimura, Tsutomu ^c   Nishiyama, Chiharu ^c   Kuzuyama, Tomohisa ^a   Nishiyama, Makoto ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d RIKEN SPring 8 Center ^*  (Japan)

^e KIRIN HOLDINGS CO LTD   (Japan)

^f YAMAHA MOTOR CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOADIPIC ACID; ARGININE; CARBOXYL GROUP; CARRIER PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYBRID PROTEIN; LYSINE; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CYCLIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

2-AMINOADIPIC ACID; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; LYSINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 69249152207     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.198     Document Type: Article

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