ribE

Summary

Gene Symbol: ribE
Description: riboflavin synthase subunit alpha
Species: Shigella flexneri 2a str. 2457T

Top Publications

  1. ncbi Crystal structure of riboflavin synthase
    D I Liao
    DuPont Central Research and Development, Experimental Station, 19880, Wilmington, DE, USA
    Structure 9:399-408. 2001
  2. ncbi Cloning, sequencing, mapping and hyperexpression of the ribC gene coding for riboflavin synthase of Escherichia coli
    S Eberhardt
    Lehrstuhl für Organische Chemic und Biochemie, Technische Universitat Munchen, Garching, Germany
    Eur J Biochem 242:712-9. 1996
  3. ncbi Analysis of the boundaries of Salmonella pathogenicity island 2 and the corresponding chromosomal region of Escherichia coli K-12
    M Hensel
    Lehrstuhl für Bakteriologie, Max von Pettenkofer Institut für Hygieneund Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Munich, Germany
    J Bacteriol 179:1105-11. 1997

Scientific Experts

  • D I Liao
  • M Hensel
  • S Eberhardt
  • J E Shea
  • C Gleeson
  • F Blattner
  • A J Bäumler
  • D W Holden
  • G Richter
  • W Gimbel
  • T Werner
  • A Bacher

Detail Information

Publications3

  1. ncbi Crystal structure of riboflavin synthase
    D I Liao
    DuPont Central Research and Development, Experimental Station, 19880, Wilmington, DE, USA
    Structure 9:399-408. 2001
    ..The enzyme is nonexistent in humans and is an attractive target for antimicrobial agents of organisms whose pathogenicity depends on their ability to biosynthesize riboflavin...
  2. ncbi Cloning, sequencing, mapping and hyperexpression of the ribC gene coding for riboflavin synthase of Escherichia coli
    S Eberhardt
    Lehrstuhl für Organische Chemic und Biochemie, Technische Universitat Munchen, Garching, Germany
    Eur J Biochem 242:712-9. 1996
    ..The primary structure of riboflavin synthase is characterized by internal sequence similarity (25 identical amino acids in the C-terminal and N-terminal parts suggesting two structurally similar folding domains...
  3. ncbi Analysis of the boundaries of Salmonella pathogenicity island 2 and the corresponding chromosomal region of Escherichia coli K-12
    M Hensel
    Lehrstuhl für Bakteriologie, Max von Pettenkofer Institut für Hygieneund Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Munich, Germany
    J Bacteriol 179:1105-11. 1997
    ..These and other data indicate that SPI2 was acquired by a Salmonella strain already harboring SPI1 by horizontal transfer from an unknown source...