Molecular machines encoded by bacterially-derived multi-domain gene fusions that potentially synthesize, N-methylate and transfer long chain polyamines in diatoms

FEBS Letters

Volumn 585, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 2627-2634

  Michael, Anthony J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Aminopropyltransferase; Biosilica glass; Diatom; Long chain polyamine biosynthesis; N methylation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSYLMETHIONINE DECARBOXYLASE; ALGAL PROTEIN; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; LONG CHAIN POLYAMINE; POLYAMINE; SILAFFIN PROTEIN; SPERMIDINE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSILIFICATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; DIATOM; GENE FUSION; GENOME ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MODIFICATION;

ADENOSYLMETHIONINE DECARBOXYLASE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DIATOMS; GENE FUSION; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; PHYLOGENY; POLYAMINES; SPERMIDINE SYNTHASE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 80052187376     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: 18733468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2011.07.038     Document Type: Article

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