MtnBD Is a Multifunctional Fusion Enzyme in the Methionine Salvage Pathway of Tetrahymena thermophila

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Nakano, Toshihiro ^a,c   Ohki, Izuru ^a   Yokota, Akiho ^a   Ashida, Hiroki ^a,b  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c ASAHI KASEI PHARMA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 METHYLTHIO 2 OXOBUTYRIC ACID; 5 METHYLTHIORIBULOSE 1 PHOSPHATE; DIOXYGENASE; ENOLASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; HYDROLYASE; PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN MTNB; PROTEIN MTNBD; PROTEIN MTND; PROTEIN MTNW; PROTEIN MTNX; RIBULOSE PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENZYME MECHANISM; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; METHIONINE SALVAGE PATHWAY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; HYDRO-LYASES; METHIONINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RIBULOSEPHOSPHATES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 84879710499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067385     Document Type: Article

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