An alternative pathway for reduced folate biosynthesis in bacteria and halophilic archaea

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1307-1318

  Levin, Itay ^a   Giladi, Moshe ^a   Altman Price, Neta ^a   Ortenberg, Ron ^a   Mevarech, Moshe ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; DIHYDROFOLATE SYNTHETASE; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; FLAVOPROTEIN; FOLIC ACID; POLYPEPTIDE; SYNTHETASE; TETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOLATE METABOLISM; HALOARCULA MARISMORTUI; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVOPROTEINS; FOLIC ACID; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HALOARCULA MARISMORTUI; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HALOARCULA MARISMORTUI; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 9644274247     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04339.x     Document Type: Article

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