Molecular and phylogenetic characterization of pyruvate and 2-ketoisovalerate ferredoxin oxidoreductases from Pyrococcus furiosus and pyruvate ferredoxin oxidoreductase from Thermotoga maritima

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 248-257

  Kletzin, Arnulf ^a,b   Adams, Michael W W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 OXOACID DEHYDROGENASE; 2 OXOISOVALERATE FERREDOXIN OXIDOREDUCTASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PYRUVATE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SUBUNIT; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; KETONE OXIDOREDUCTASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PYRUVATE SYNTHASE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ARCHAEA; ARCHEZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 0030050611     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.1.248-257.1996     Document Type: Article

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