The biosynthesis of thiol-and thioether-containing cofactors and secondary metabolites catalyzed by radical S-adenosylmethionine enzymes

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 290, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 3972-3979

  Jarrett, Joseph T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ATOMS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMOLECULES; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON; COENZYMES; ENZYMES; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; HYDROGEN; IRON; METABOLITES; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; ELECTRON-RICH AROMATICS; IRON-SULFUR CLUSTERS; S ADENOSYL L METHIONINES; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SECONDARY METABOLIC PATHWAYS; SECONDARY METABOLITES; SULFUR-CONTAINING BIOMOLECULES;

SULFUR;

9 MERCAPTODETHIOBIOTIN; BIOTIN SYNTHASE; CYCLOPEPTIDE; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; PROTEIN MIAB; PROTEIN RIMO; PROTEIN SKFA; PROTEIN SKFB; PROTEIN SKFH; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SELENIDE; SUBTILOSIN A; SULFIDE; THIOCTIC ACID; THIOL; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; COENZYME; FREE RADICAL; PROTEIN METHYLTRANSFERASE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; DISULFIDE BOND; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIPOYLATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; SYNTHESIS; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COENZYME; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHYLATION;

ANIMALS; COENZYMES; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; METHYLATION; PROTEIN METHYLTRANSFERASES; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SULFIDES;

EID: 84922934338     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.R114.599308     Document Type: Review

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