Reconstitution of an active magnesium chelatase enzyme complex from the bchI, -D, and -H gene products of the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium vibrioforme expressed in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 699-704

  Petersen, Bent L ^a   Jensen, Poul Erik ^b   Gibson, Lucien C D ^b   Stummann, Bjarne M ^a   Hunter, C Neil ^b   Henningsen, Knud W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AGAROSE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; GENE PRODUCT; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM CHELATASE; MAGNESIUM PROTOPORPHYRIN CHELATASE; NICKEL; PORPHYRIN; PROTOPORPHYRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHLOROBIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME RECONSTITUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 0031936794     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.3.699-704.1998     Document Type: Article

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