Co-opting sulphur-carrier proteins from primary metabolic pathways for 2-thiosugar biosynthesis

Nature

Volumn 510, Issue 7505, 2014, Pages 427-431

  Sasaki, Eita ^a   Zhang, Xuan ^b   Sun, He G ^c   Lu, Mei Yeh Jade ^d,e   Liu, Tsung Lin ^e,f   Ou, Albert ^e   Li, Jeng Yi ^d   Chen, Yu Hsiang ^d   Ealick, Steven E ^b   Liu, Hung Wen ^a,c  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^e GENOMICS RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEXX PROTEIN; CARBON; CARRIER PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN; SULFUR; THIAMINE; THIAZOLE; THIOSUGAR; THIOSULFATE SULFURTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLISM; PROTEIN; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SUGAR; SULFUR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA ORIENTALIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMYCOLATOPSIS ORIENTALIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ACTINOMYCETALES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; GENOME, BACTERIAL; LIGASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SULFUR; THIOSUGARS;

EID: 84903145157     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature13256     Document Type: Article

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