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Thiamin auxotrophy in yeast through altered cofactor dependence of the enzyme acetohydroxyacid synthase.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Sept 2001
Byrne Kerry L, Meacock Peter A
Abstract excerpt
The THI1 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been identified and found to be allelic with the previously characterized gene ILV2 that encodes acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS). This enzyme catalyses the first step in the parallel biosyntheses of the branched-chain amino acids isoleucine and valine, using thiamin pyrophosphate (TPP) as a cofactor. The ilv2-thi1 allele encodes a functional AHAS enzyme with an...
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