Structure, function, and evolution of the family of superoxide dismutase proteins from halophilic archaebacteria.

doi:10.1128/jb.175.6.1572-1579.1993

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Structure, function, and evolution of the family of superoxide dismutase proteins from halophilic archaebacteria.

Journal of bacteriology - 1 Mar 1993

Joshi P, Dennis P P

Abstract excerpt

The protein sequences of seven members of the superoxide dismutase (SOD) family from halophilic archaebacteria have been aligned and compared with each other and with the homologous Mn and Fe SOD sequences from eubacteria and the methanogenic archaebacterium Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum....

Topics

Amino Acid Sequence
Archaea
Biological Evolution
Genetic Variation
Halobacterium
Molecular Sequence Data
Phylogeny
Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
Superoxide Dismutase

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