Evolution of insect arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferases: Structural evidence from the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 29, 2012, Pages 11669-11674

  Han, Qian ^a   Robinson, Howard ^b   Ding, Haizhen ^a   Christensen, Bruce M ^c   Li, Jianyong ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogenic amine; Catecholamine; Insect cuticle; Melatonin synthesis

Indexed keywords

ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE 2; ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE 5B; HISTAMINE; HYDRAZINE; POLYAMINE; PUTATIVE ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE 7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISPERSION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ARYLALKYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AEDES AEGYPTI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84863912392     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1206828109     Document Type: Article

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