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SUBMITTER: Liu Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5727371 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liu Yadi Y Li Yanyan Y Wang Xiaoyuan X
MicrobiologyOpen 20170806 6
Acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS) is the key enzyme in the biosynthetic pathways of branched chain amino acids in bacteria. Since it does not exist in animal and plant cells, AHAS is an attractive target for developing antimicrobials and herbicides. In some bacteria, there is a single copy of AHAS, while in others there are multiple copies. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate the origin and evolutionary pathway of various AHASs in bacteria. In this study, all the available protein sequences ...[more]