Fundamental issues related to the origin of melatonin and melatonin isomers during evolution: relation to their biological functions

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 15858-15890

  Tan, Dun Xian ^a   Zheng, Xiaodong ^b   Kong, Jin ^b   Manchester, Lucien C ^a   Hardel, Ruediger ^c   Kim, Seok Joong ^a   Xu, Xiaoying ^a   Reiter, Russel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Archaea; Chloroplasts; Cyanobacteria; Evolution; Isomer; Melatonin; Mitochondria; Plants

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSEROTONIN METHYLTRANSFERASE; ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MELATONIN; MELATONIN ISOMER; OXYGEN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SCAVENGER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EVOLUTION; FERMENTATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; ARCHAEON; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ISOMERISM; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; PLANT;

CYANOBACTERIA;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; ARYLALKYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ISOMERISM; MELATONIN; MITOCHONDRIA; PLANTS;

EID: 84908339437     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms150915858     Document Type: Review

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