Rv0989c encodes a novel (E)-geranyl diphosphate synthase facilitating decaprenyl diphosphate biosynthesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

FEBS Letters

Volumn 585, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 549-554

  Mann, Francis M ^a   Thomas, Jill A ^a   Peters, Reuben J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell wall biosynthesis; Genetic fitness; Polyisoprenyl phosphate; Terpene biosynthesis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DECAPRENYL DIPHOSPHATE; DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STEADY STATE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; DIPHOSPHATES; DITERPENES; FARNESOL; FLAME IONIZATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GERANYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; HEMITERPENES; ISOMERISM; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; POLYISOPRENYL PHOSPHATES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SESQUITERPENES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79551482320     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2011.01.007     Document Type: Article

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