Evolutionarily conserved regions and hydrophobic contacts at the superfamily level: The case of the fold-type I, pyridoxal-5′-phosphate- dependent enzymes

Protein Science

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2992-3005

  Paiardini, Alessandro ^a   Bossa, Francesco ^a   Pascarella, Stefano ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conserved hydrophobic contacts; Molecular evolution; PLP dependent enzymes; Remote homology; Structural stability

Indexed keywords

PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ENZYMES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HYDROPHOBICITY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN;

SUGARCANE RAMU STUNT DISEASE PHYTOPLASMA;

EID: 7244238406     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.04938104     Document Type: Article

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