Biochemical evidence supporting the presence of the classical mevalonate pathway in the thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 415-420

  Nishimura, Hiroto ^a   Azami, Yasuhiro ^a   Miyagawa, Masahito ^a   Hashimoto, Chika ^a   Yoshimura, Tohru ^a   Hemmi, Hisashi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

archaea; isoprenoid; mevalonate pathway; Sulfolobus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBOXYLYASE; DIPHOSPHOMEVALONATE DECARBOXYLASE; ISOPENTENYL PHOSPHATE KINASE; MEVALONATE KINASE; MEVALONIC ACID; PHOSPHOMEVALONATE KINASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENOME; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; THERMOACIDOPHILIC ARCHAEON;

MEVALONIC ACID; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (PHOSPHATE GROUP ACCEPTOR); PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; TERPENES;

EID: 84877271531     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: 17562651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvt006     Document Type: Article

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