Mitochondrial thioredoxin reductase in bovine adrenal cortex: Its purification, properties, nucleotide/amino acid sequences, and identification of selenocysteine

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 264, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 74-84

  Watabe, Shoji ^b   Makino, Yumiko ^a   Ogawa, Kazuo ^a   Hiroi, Tomoko ^c   Yamamoto, Yoshimi ^c   Takahashi, Susumu Y ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Adrenal cortex; Mitochondria; Selenocysteine; Thioredoxin peroxidase; Thioredoxin reductase

Indexed keywords

1 CHLORO 2,4 DINITROBENZENE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; SELENOCYSTEINE; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATTLE; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE (NADPH);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0002013677     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00578.x     Document Type: Article

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