Identification in haloferax volcanii of phosphomevalonate decarboxylase and isopentenyl phosphate kinase as catalysts of the terminal enzyme reactions in an archaeal alternate mevalonate pathway

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 196, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1055-1063

  VanNice, John C ^a   Skaff, D Andrew ^a   Keightley, Andrew ^a   Addo, James K ^a   Wyckoff, Gerald J ^a   Miziorko, Henry M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLYASE; ISOPENTENYL DIPHOSPHATE; ISOPENTENYL PHOSPHATE KINASE; MEVALONIC ACID; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOMEVALONATE DECARBOXYLASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PYROPHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CARBOXY-LYASES; CATALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ARCHAEAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; MEVALONIC ACID; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROTEIN KINASES;

EID: 84893781798     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01230-13     Document Type: Article

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