A distinct pathway for tetrahymanol synthesis in bacteria

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 44, 2015, Pages 13478-13483

  Banta, Amy B ^a   Wei, Jeremy H ^a   Welander, Paula V ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Gammacerane; Methanotrophs; Sterols; Tetrahymanol

Indexed keywords

LIPID; SQUALENE DERIVATIVE; TETRAHYMANOL SYNTHASE; TRITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIPLOPTENE; MUTASE; SQUALENE-HOPENE CYCLASE; TETRAHYMANOL; TRITERPENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIZATION; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENOMICS; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPOGENESIS; METAGENOME; NITRITE OXIDIZER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SULFATE REDUCER; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DESULFOVIBRIO; ENZYMOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; METHYLOCOCCACEAE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DESULFOVIBRIO; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENOME, BACTERIAL; INTRAMOLECULAR TRANSFERASES; METAGENOME; METHYLOCOCCACEAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRITERPENES;

EID: 84946600436     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1511482112     Document Type: Article

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