Thymidine kinase diversity in bacteria
Författare
Summary, in English
Thymidine kinases (TKs) appear to be almost ubiquitous and are found in nearly all prokaryotes, eukaryotes, and several viruses. They are the key enzymes in thymidine salvage and activation of several anti-cancer and antiviral drugs. We show that bacterial TKs can be subdivided into 2 groups. The TKs from Gram-positive bacteria are more closely related to the eukaryotic TK1 enzymes than are TKs from Gram-negative bacteria.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2006
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
1153-1158
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Nucleosides, Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids
Volym
25
Issue
9-11
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Taylor & Francis
Ämne
- Biological Sciences
Nyckelord
- pyrimidines
- nucleosides
- thymidine kinase
- deoxyribonucleoside kinase
- evolution
- nucleic acids precursors
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1525-7770