Identification of residues of Rhodobacter capsulatus ferredoxin I important for its interaction with nitrogenase

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 237, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 399-405

  Naud, Isabelle ^a   Meyer, Christine ^a   David, Laurent ^b   Breton, Jacques ^c   Gaillard, Jacques ^a   Jouanneau, Yves ^a  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electron transfer; Ferredoxin; Ion sulfur proteins; Nitrogenase; Site directed mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

DINITROGENASE REDUCTASE; FERREDOXIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0029866961     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0399k.x     Document Type: Article

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