Enzyme Bioinformatics

The problem of understanding the mechanism of an enzyme, particularly when pertaining to the optimization of catalytic properties, is more suitably addressed by analysis of the enzyme s three-dimensional structure instead of its sequence[2, 3I. While structural analysis is occasionally considered a subtopic of bioinformatics, this 

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In the recent years, at least two developments have made major contributions to the field of enzyme bioinformatics. One of them, the advent of whole genome sequencing, is widely recognized for its impact on virtually every field of biochemistry and molecular biology. By contrast, the development of sensitive sequence comparison... 

Life in extreme environments (2) scale-up of bench- to full-scale processes (2) application of microbiological biotransformations to industrial processes (2) conversion from batch to continuous processes (1) bioavailability (4) structure-activity relationships (8) new enzymes bioinformatics (4) proteomics and genomics (4)... 

To determine and delineate the intermediates, genes, and enzymes, bioinformatic methods were used. Among the bacteria whose genomes have been completely sequenced, the epsilon branch of the proteo-bacteria contained the organisms that lacked orthologs of the men genes of the OSB pathway. From these,... 

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R. N. Goldberg, Y. B.Tewari, andT. N. Bhat. Thermodynamics of enzyme catalyzed reactions A database for quantitative biochemistry. Bioinformatics 20(16), 2874 2877 (2004). 

R. Schwarz, P. Musch, A. von Kamp, B. Engels, H. Schirmer, S. Schuster, and T. Dandekar, YANA a software tool for analyzing flux modes, gene expression and enzyme activities. BMC Bioinformatics 6, 135 (2005). 

Kus, B., Caldon, C. E., Andorn-Broza, R., and Edwards, A. M. Functional interactions of 13 yeast SCF complexes with a set of yeast F2 enzymes in vitro. Proteins Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics 2004, 54, 455-67. 

What can be done if there is not an exact literature precedent for the required enzymatic transformation In these cases some sort of screening procedure may be necessary, either by direct screening of commercial enzymes, culture collections and environmental isolates, or by using a bioinformatics-based approach to identify potential enzymes based on sequence information. 

Enzyme and Gene Databases, Bioinformatics and the Search for New Enzymes... 

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