| Literature DB >> 21247153 |
Andrea Braunshausen1, Florian P Seebeck.
Abstract
Ovothiols are histidine-derived thiols that were first isolated from marine invertebrates. We have identified a 5-histidylcysteine sulfoxide synthase (OvoA) as the first ovothiol biosynthetic enzyme and characterized OvoAs from Erwinia tasmaniensis and Trypanosoma cruzi . Homologous enzymes are encoded in more than 80 genomes ranging from proteobacteria to animalia.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21247153 DOI: 10.1021/ja109378e
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Chem Soc ISSN: 0002-7863 Impact factor: 15.419