The nirQ gene, which is required for denitrification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, can activate the RubisCO from Pseudomonas hydrogenothermophila

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1381, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 347-350

  Hayashi, Nobuhiro R ^a   Arai, Hiroyuki ^b   Kodama, Tohru ^c   Igarashi, Yasuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CbbQ NirQ type protein; Denitrification; Nitric oxide reductase; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Pseudomonas hydrogenothermophila; RubisCO

Indexed keywords

RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; NITROGEN; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0031812822     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4165(98)00045-2     Document Type: Article

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