Redox properties of wild-type, Cys69Ala, and Cys69Ser Azotobacter vinelandii flavodoxin II as measured by cyclic voltammetry and EPR spectroscopy

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 235, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 167-172

  Steensma, Elles ^a   Heering, Hendrik A ^a   Hagen, Wilfred R ^a   Van Mierlo, Carlo P M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

bioelectrochemistry; cysteine mutants; EPR; flavodoxins; redox potential

Indexed keywords

FLAVODOXIN;

ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII;

EID: 0030060586     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.00167.x     Document Type: Article

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