A comprehensive analysis of the geranylgeranylglyceryl phosphate synthase enzyme family identifies novel members and reveals mechanisms of substrate specificity and quaternary structure organization

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 885-899

  Peterhoff, David ^a   Beer, Barbara ^a,c   Rajendran, Chitra ^a   Kumpula, Esa Pekka ^b   Kapetaniou, Evangelia ^b   Guldan, Harald ^a,d   Wierenga, Rik K ^b   Sterner, Reinhard ^a   Babinger, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d Lophius Biosciences   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GERANYLGERANYLGLYCERYLPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; HEPTAPRENYLGLYCERYLPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PHOSPHOGLYCEROL GERANYLGERANYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; BACTERIA; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84899934199     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12596     Document Type: Article

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