Enzyme catalyzed radical dehydrations of hydroxy acids

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics

Volumn 1824, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1278-1290

  Buckel, Wolfgang ^a,b   Zhang, Jin ^a   Friedrich, Peter ^b,d   Parthasarathy, Anutthaman ^a   Li, Huan ^a   Djurdjevic, Ivana ^b   Dobbek, Holger ^c   Martins, Berta M ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2 Hydroxyacyl CoA; 4 Hydroxybutyryl CoA; Archerase; Iron sulfur clusters; Ketyl radicals

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYISOCAPRYLOYL COA DEHYDRATASE; 4 HYDROXYBUTYRYL COA DEHYDRATASE; AMINO ACID; HYDROLYASE; HYDROXYACID; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; REVIEW;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOCATALYSIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; FREE RADICALS; HYDRO-LYASES; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; ISOENZYMES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; STEREOISOMERISM;

CLOSTRIDIA;

EID: 84866034999     PISSN: 15709639     EISSN: 18781454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2011.11.009     Document Type: Review

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