Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases (HSDs) in bacteria - A bioinformatic perspective

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 129, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 31-46

  Kisiela, Michael ^a   Skarka, Adam ^b   Ebert, Bettina ^a   Maser, Edmund ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b Charles University in Prague Faculty of Pharmacy   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bioinformatic approach; Evolution; Hidden Markov model; Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases; Phylogenetic analysis; Short chain dehydrogenases reductases (SDR); Steroid signaling

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SEA WATER; STEROID REDUCTASE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOINFORMATICS; BURKHOLDERIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIRMICUTES; GENE SEQUENCE; HIDDEN MARKOV MODEL; INTESTINE FLORA; MARINE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PERMAFROST; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; REVIEW; RHODOCOCCUS; SOIL; STEROID METABOLISM;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; CYANOBACTERIA; FIRMICUTES; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; RHODOCOCCUS;

EID: 84857787967     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: 18791220     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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