| Literature DB >> 21169495 |
Ryota Hidese1, Hisaaki Mihara, Tatsuo Kurihara, Nobuyoshi Esaki.
Abstract
The reductive pyrimidine catabolic pathway is absent in Escherichia coli. However, the bacterium contains an enzyme homologous to mammalian dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase. Here, we show that E. coli dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase is the first member of a novel NADH-dependent subclass of iron-sulfur flavoenzymes catalyzing the conversion of uracil to 5,6-dihydrouracil in vivo.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 21169495 PMCID: PMC3028684 DOI: 10.1128/JB.01178-10
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490