Investigation of anticapsin biosynthesis reveals a four-enzyme pathway to tetrahydrotyrosine in Bacillus subtilis

Biochemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 912-923

  Mahlstedt, Sarah A ^a   Walsh, Christopher T ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO DONORS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BUILDING BLOCKES; CONJUGATE ADDITION; DECARBOXYLASES; DIPEPTIDE; KETO ACIDS; NONRIBOSOMAL PEPTIDE; PRIMARY METABOLITE; PROTONATING; REGIOISOMERS; SUBTILIS;

AMINO ACIDS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMOPHORES; ENZYMES; GENES; ORGANIC ACIDS;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTICAPSIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIHYDRO 4 HYDROXYPHENYLPYRUVATE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; PREPHENATE DEHYDRATASE; PROTEIN BACA; PROTEIN BACB; PROTEIN YWFG; PROTEIN YWFH; PYRUVIC ACID; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; TETRAHYDRO 4 HYDROXYPHENYLPYRUVATE; TETRAHYDROTYROSINE; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; ISOMERIZATION; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

ALANINE; AMINO ACIDS, AROMATIC; AMINO ACIDS, DICARBOXYLIC; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-CARBON DOUBLE BOND ISOMERASES; CARBOXY-LYASES; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CYCLOHEXENES; DIPEPTIDES; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-CH GROUP DONORS; PREPHENATE DEHYDRATASE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSAMINASES; TYROSINE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 75749087963     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi9021186     Document Type: Article

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