Nucleotide sequence alignment of hdcA from Gram-positive bacteria.
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SUBMITTER: Diaz M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4773395 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
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Nucleotide sequence alignment of hdcA from Gram-positive bacteria.
Diaz Maria M Ladero Victor V Redruello Begoña B Sanchez-Llana Esther E Del Rio Beatriz B Fernandez Maria M Martin Maria Cruz MC Alvarez Miguel A MA
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The decarboxylation of histidine -carried out mainly by some gram-positive bacteria- yields the toxic dietary biogenic amine histamine (Ladero et al. 2010 〈10.2174/157340110791233256〉 [1], Linares et al. 2016 〈http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2015.11.013〉〉 [2]). The reaction is catalyzed by a pyruvoyl-dependent histidine decarboxylase (Linares et al. 2011 〈10.1080/10408398.2011.582813〉 [3]), which is encoded by the gene hdcA. In order to locate conserved regions in the hdcA gene of Gram-posi ...[more]
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