Evolutionary changes to transthyretin: Structure and function of a transthyretin-like ancestral protein

FEBS Journal

Volumn 276, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 5367-5379

  Hennebry, Sarah C ^a  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evolution; Purines; Structure; Transthyretin; Transthyretin like protein

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYISOURATE; DIMER; PREALBUMIN; PURINE; TETRAMER; THYROID HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URATE; URIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIUM; CATALYSIS; EUKARYOTE; GENE DUPLICATION; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PURINE METABOLISM; SHORT SURVEY; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREALBUMIN; PURINES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STATIC ELECTRICITY; URIC ACID; VERTEBRATES;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70349243456     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07246.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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