On the origin and evolution of thermophily: Reconstruction of functional precambrian enzymes from ancestors of Bacillus

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 825-835

  Hobbs, Joanne K ^a   Shepherd, Charis ^b   Saul, David J ^c   Demetras, Nicholas J ^a   Haaning, Svend ^a   Monk, Colin R ^a   Daniel, Roy M ^a   Arcus, Vickery L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c ZyGEM Corporation Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

ancestral reconstruction; Bacillus; Bayesian; isopropylmalate dehydrogenase; maximum likelihood; thermophily

Indexed keywords

3 ISOPROPYLMALATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRAIT; LAST COMMON ANCESTOR; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NONHUMAN; PRECAMBRIAN; THERMOPHILY; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

3-ISOPROPYLMALATE DEHYDROGENASE; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HOT TEMPERATURE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PHYLOGENY;

THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 84855870416     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msr253     Document Type: Article

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