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A superfamily of metalloenzymes unifies phosphopentomutase and cofactor-independent phosphoglycerate mutase with alkaline phosphatases and sulfatases

  1. Michael Y. Galperin1,*,
  2. Eugene V. Koonin1,
  3. Amos Bairoch2

Article first published online: 31 DEC 2008

DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560070819

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Protein Science

Protein Science

Volume 7, Issue 8, pages 1829–1835, August 1998

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Galperin, M. Y., Koonin, E. V. and Bairoch, A. (1998), A superfamily of metalloenzymes unifies phosphopentomutase and cofactor-independent phosphoglycerate mutase with alkaline phosphatases and sulfatases. Protein Science, 7: 1829–1835. doi: 10.1002/pro.5560070819

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  1. 1

    National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20894

  2. 2

    Departement de Biochimie Medicale, Université de Geneve, 1, rue Michel Servet CH-1211, Geneve 4, Switzerland

*National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20894

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  1. Issue published online: 31 DEC 2008
  2. Article first published online: 31 DEC 2008
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 4 MAY 1998
  4. Manuscript Received: 22 DEC 1997

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