Structural phylogenomics uncovers the early and concurrent origins of cysteine biosynthesis and iron-sulfur proteins

Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 542-545

  Zhang, Hong Yu ^a   Qin, Tao ^a,b   Jiang, Ying Ying ^a   Caetano Anollés, Gustavo ^c,d  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cysteine biosynthesis; Evolution; Iron sulfur proteins; Molecular clock; Protein structure

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BINDING SITE; BIOCHEMISTRY; METAL BINDING; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENOMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURAL PHYLOGENOMICS;

CYSTEINE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN FOLDING; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 84865658432     PISSN: 07391102     EISSN: 15380254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2012.687520     Document Type: Article

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