On the Ancestral UDP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase Activity of GalF from Escherichia coli

In bacteria, UDP-glucose is a central intermediate in carbohydrate metabolism. The enzyme responsible for its synthesis is encoded by the galU gene and its deletion generates cells unable to ferment galactose. In some bacteria, there is a second gene, galF, encoding for a protein with high sequence...

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Main Authors: Ebrecht, Ana C., Orlof, Agnieszka M., Sasoni, Natalia, Figueroa, Carlos M., Iglesias, Alberto A., Ballicora, Miguel A.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4643126/