Cysteine desulfurase activity indicates a role for NIFS in metallocluster biosynthesis

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 1993, Pages 2754-2758

  Zheng, Limin ^a   White, Robert H ^a   Cash, Valerie L ^a   Jack, Richard F ^a   Dean, Dennis R ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cysteinyl persulfide; FeS cores; Nitrogenase; Pyridoxal phosphate; Sulfur mobilization

Indexed keywords

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII;

CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; GENE PRODUCT; NITROGENASE; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STRUCTURAL GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYSTEINE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHYLMALEIMIDE; GENES, NITROGEN FIXATION; KINETICS; LYASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0027450059     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.90.7.2754     Document Type: Article

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