Identification and characterization of the natural electron donor ferredoxin and of FAD as a possible prosthetic group of benzoyl-CoA reductase (dearomatizing), a key enzyme of anaerobic aromatic metabolism

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 251, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 946-954

  Boll, Matthias ^a   Fuchs, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaerobic aromatic metabolism; Benzoyl CoA reductase; FAD; Ferredoxin; Thauera aromatica

Indexed keywords

FERREDOXIN; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME METABOLISM; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCATION; HYDROXYLATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIOSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FERREDOXINS; FLAVIN-ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; GRAM-NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC STRAIGHT, CURVED, AND HELICAL RODS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-CH GROUP DONORS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032007315     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2510946.x     Document Type: Article

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