Isoprenoid biosynthesis in Archaea - Biochemical and evolutionary implications

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-52

  Matsumi, Rie ^a   Atomi, Haruyuki ^b   Driessen, Arnold J M ^c   van der Oost, John ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Archaea; Evolution; Glycerol phosphate; Isoprenoids; Lipids; Membrane

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A ACETYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBOXYLYASE; CAROTENOID; DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSFERASE; DIPHOSPHOMEVALONATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLYCEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A SYNTHASE; ISOPENTENYL DIPHOSPHATE; ISOPENTENYL DIPHOSPHATE DELTA ISOMERASE; ISOPRENOID; MEMBRANE LIPID; MEVALONATE KINASE; PHOSPHOMEVALONATE KINASE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; EVOLUTION; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SULFOLOBALES;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; EUKARYOTA; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; TERPENES;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 78751566447     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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