Characterization of a nif-regulated flavoprotein (FprA) from Rhodobacter capsulatus. Redox properties and molecular interaction with a [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 780-787

  Jouanneau, Yves ^b   Meyer, Christine ^c   Asso, Marcel ^a   Guigliarelli, Bruno ^a   Willison, John C ^c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cross linking; Ferredoxin; Flavoprotein; Nitrogen fixation; Redox potential

Indexed keywords

1 (3 DIMETHYLAMINOPROPYL) 3 ETHYLCARBODIIMIDE; DITHIONITE; FLAVOPROTEIN; FLAVOPROTEIN A; HYDROGENASE; ISOENZYME; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE; SEMIQUINONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERREDOXINS; FLAVOPROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; KINETICS; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0001178732     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01056.x     Document Type: Article

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