Dimethylsulfide: Acceptor oxidoreductase from Rhodobacter sulfidophilus - The purified enzyme contains b-type haem and a pterin molybdenum cofactor

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 239, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 391-396

  Hanlon, Steven P ^a   Toh, Tze Hsien ^b   Solomon, Peter S ^b   Holt, Robert A ^c   McEwan, Alastair G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dimethylsulfide; Hemoprotein; Oxidoreductase; Pterin molybdenum cofactor

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFIDE; HEMOPROTEIN; MOLYBDENUM; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PTERIN;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOBACTER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER; RHODOVULUM SULFIDOPHILUM;

EID: 0030036323     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0391u.x     Document Type: Article

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