Conversion of NfsB, a minor Escherichia coli nitroreductase, to a flavin reductase similar in biochemical properties to FRase I, the major flavin reductase in Vibrio fischeri, by a single amino acid substitution

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 4731-4733

  Zenno, Shuhei ^a,b   Koike, Hideaki ^a   Tanokura, Masaru ^a   Saigo, Kaoru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b CHISSO CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE; NITROREDUCTASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME RECONSTITUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VIBRIO;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIBRIO; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 0029770130     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.15.4731-4733.1996     Document Type: Article

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