Phylogenetic analysis of the triterpene cyclase protein family in prokaryotes and eukaryotes suggests bidirectional lateral gene transfer
Frickey, T.; Kannenberg, E.
Environmental Microbiology 11(5): 1224-1241
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 1462-2912
PMID: 19207562
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01851.x
Accession: 025236548
Functional constraints to modifications in triterpene cyclase amino acid sequences make them good candidates for evolutionary studies on the phylogenetic relatedness of these enzymes in prokaryotes as well as in eukaryotes.