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The Escherichia coli protein YjjG is a house-cleaning nucleotidase in vivo.
FEMS microbiology letters - 1 May 2007
Titz Björn, Häuser Roman, Engelbrecher Anne, Uetz Peter
Abstract excerpt
House-cleaning enzymes protect cells from the adverse effects of noncanonical metabolic chemical compounds. The Escherichia coli nucleotide phosphatase YjjG (B4374, JW4336) functions as a house-cleaning phosphatase in vivo. YjjG protects the cell against noncanonical pyrimidine derivatives such as 5-fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine (5-FdUridine), 5-fluorouridine, 5-fluoroorotic acid (5-FOA), 5-fluorouracil, and...
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