Mechanistic studies of a novel C-S lyase in ergothioneine biosynthesis: The involvement of a sulfenic acid intermediate

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Song, Heng ^a   Hu, Wen ^a,b   Naowarojna, Nathchar ^a   Her, Ampon Sae ^a   Wang, Shu ^a   Desai, Rushil ^a   Qin, Li ^b   Chen, Xiaoping ^b   Liu, Pinghua ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTES OF BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTH   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON-SULFUR LYASE; LYASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SULFENIC ACID DERIVATIVE; THIONEINE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ERGOTHIONEINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LYASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SULFENIC ACIDS;

EID: 84936111225     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep11870     Document Type: Article

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