Functional properties of recombinant Azospirillum brasilense glutamate synthase, a complex iron-sulfur flavoprotein

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2720-2730

  Stabile, Helena ^b   Curti, Bruno ^b   Vanoni, Maria Antonietta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Amidotransferase; Flavoprotein; Glutamate synthase; Iron sulfur clusters; Oxidoreductase

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CYCLIC AMP; FLAVOPROTEIN; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PYRIDINE NUCLEOTIDE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ADENINE NUCLEOTIDES; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; CATALYSIS; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0003887281     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01289.x     Document Type: Article

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