Menaquinone-dependent succinate dehydrogenase of bacteria catalyzes reversed electron transport driven by the proton potential

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 257, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 210-215

  Schirawski, Jan ^a   Unden, Gottfried ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Proton potential; Reversed electron transport; Succinate dehydrogenase; Succinate quinone oxidoreductase

Indexed keywords

1,4 BENZOQUINONE; CARBONYL CYANIDE CHLOROPHENYLHYDRAZONE; HEME; MENAQUINONE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTON; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; SUCCINIC ACID; VALINOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN;

ARCHAEA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032189445     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2570210.x     Document Type: Article

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