On the iron-sulfur clusters in the complex redox enzyme dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 3640-3646

  Hagen, W R ^a   Vanoni, M A ^b   Rosenbaum, K ^c   Schnackerz, K D ^c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase; EPR; Flavoprotein; Iron sulfur; Midpoint potential

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROPYRIMIDINE DEHYDROGENASE; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0006637348     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01393.x     Document Type: Article

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