Escherichia coli dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase is a novel NAD-dependent heterotetramer essential for the production of 5,6-dihydrouracil

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 989-993

  Hidese, Ryota ^a   Mihara, Hisaaki ^b   Kurihara, Tatsuo ^a   Esaki, Nobuyoshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,6 DIHYDROTHYMINE; DIHYDROPYRIMIDINE DEHYDROGENASE; DIHYDROURACIL; PYRIMIDINE; THYMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URACIL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; ENZYME KINETICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PYRIMIDINE SYNTHESIS; REDUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WILD TYPE;

DIHYDROURACIL DEHYDROGENASE (NADP); DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NAD; PHYLOGENY; URACIL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79551498643     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01178-10     Document Type: Article

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