Direct electrochemistry of Megasphaera elsdenii iron hydrogenase. Definition of the enzyme's catalytic operating potential and quantitation of the catalytic behaviour over a continuous potential range

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 245, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 116-122

  Butt, Julea N ^a   Filipiak, Marian ^b   Hagen, Wilfred R ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b POZNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Electrochemistry; Hydrogenase; Iron sulfur cluster; Megasphaera elsdenii

Indexed keywords

HYDROGENASE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEGASPHAERA ELSDENII;

EID: 0030896355     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00116.x     Document Type: Article

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