Purification and characterization of a periplasmic thiosulfate dehydrogenase from the obligately autotrophic Thiobacillus sp. W5

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 166, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 372-378

  Visser, Jan M ^a   De Jong, Govardus A H ^a   Robertson, Lesley A ^a   Kuenen, J Gijs ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

chemolithoautotrophy; cytochrome c; respiratory chain; tetrathionate; Thiobacilli; thiosulfate; thiosulfate dehydrogenase

Indexed keywords

OXIDOREDUCTASE; THIOSULFATE DEHYDROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIOBACILLUS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON SULFUR GROUP DONORS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PYRIDINES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; THIOBACILLUS; THIOSULFATES;

ACIDIPHILIUM ACIDOPHILUM; THERMITHIOBACILLUS TEPIDARIUS; THIOBACILLUS; THIOBACILLUS SP.; THIOBACILLUS THIOPARUS;

EID: 0030458953     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050398     Document Type: Article

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