Functional properties of the quinol oxidase from Acidianus ambivalens and the possible catalytic role of its electron donor Studies on the membrane-integrated and purified enzyme

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 250, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 383-388

  Giuffrè, Alessandro ^a   Gomes, Cláudio M ^b   Antonini, Giovanni ^c   D'Itri, Emilio ^a   Teixeira, Miguel ^b   Brunori, Maurizio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Archaea thermoacidophile; Kinetics; Optical spectroscopy; Quinol oxidase

Indexed keywords

OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ELECTRON; ENZYME KINETICS; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031465914     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.0383a.x     Document Type: Article

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