The RelA/SpoT Homolog (RSH) superfamily: Distribution and functional evolution of ppgpp synthetases and hydrolases across the tree of life

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Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Atkinson, Gemma C ^a   Tenson, Tanel ^a   Hauryliuk, Vasili ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; HYDROLASE; PROTEIN SPOT; RELA SPOT HOMOLOGUE PROTEIN; SMALL ALARMONE HYDROLASE; SMALL ALARMONE SYNTHETASE; SYNTHETASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GUANOSINE 3',5' BIS(DIPHOSPHATE) 3' PYROPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE 3',5' POLYPHOSPHATE SYNTHETASES; GUANOSINE 3',5'-POLYPHOSPHATE SYNTHETASES; GUANOSINE-3',5'-BIS(DIPHOSPHATE) 3'-PYROPHOSPHATASE; INORGANIC PYROPHOSPHATASE; LIGASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOMICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; KNOCKOUT GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TAXONOMY; TREE OF LIFE; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; DATABASES, GENETIC; EUKARYOTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; LIGASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PYROPHOSPHATASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 79961217635     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023479     Document Type: Article

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