[en] The physiological significance of thiaminase II has escaped our understanding for many years. The recent discovery of a new thiamine salvage pathway shows that this enzyme is involved in the regeneration of precursors for thiamine biosynthesis.
Disciplines :
Biochemistry, biophysics & molecular biology
Author, co-author :
Bettendorff, Lucien ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques > Biochimie et physiologie humaine et pathologique
Language :
English
Title :
At the crossroad of thiamine degradation and biosynthesis
Publication date :
2007
Journal title :
Nature Chemical Biology
ISSN :
1552-4450
eISSN :
1552-4469
Publisher :
Nature Publishing Group, New York, United States - New York
