Independent evolutionary origins of functional polyamine biosynthetic enzyme fusions catalysing de novo diamine to triamine formation

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1109-1124

  Green, Robert ^a   Hanfrey, Colin C ^a   Elliott, Katherine A ^a   Mccloskey, Diane E ^b   Wang, Xiaojing ^b   Kanugula, Sreenivas ^b   Pegg, Anthony E ^b   Michael, Anthony J ^c  

^a NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,3 PROPANEDIAMINE; 3,3' DIAMINODIPROPYLAMINE; ADENOSYLMETHIONINE DECARBOXYLASE; AGMATINE DEIMINASE; DIAMINE; HYDROLASE; N CARBAMOYLPUTRESCINE AMINOHYDROLASE; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; POLYAMINE; PUTRESCINE; SPERMIDINE SYNTHASE; TRIAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CANDIDATUS PELAGIBACTER UBIQUE; CHLOROBI; CHLOROHERPETON THALASSIUM; DELFTIA ACIDOVORANS; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE FUSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MICROMONAS; NOCARDIA FARCINICA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SYNTROPHUS ACIDITROPHICUS; VERTICAL GENE TRANSFER;

ADENOSYLMETHIONINE DECARBOXYLASE; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FUSION; PUTRESCINE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMIDINE SYNTHASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS PELAGIBACTER UBIQUE; CHLOROBI; CHLOROHERPETON THALASSIUM; CHLOROPHYTA; DELFTIA ACIDOVORANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROMONAS (GREEN ALGA); NOCARDIA FARCINICA; PROTEOBACTERIA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SYNTROPHUS ACIDITROPHICUS;

EID: 80051572800     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07757.x     Document Type: Article

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