The CcmE protein from Escherichia coli is a haem-binding protein

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 369-375

  Reid, Eleanor ^a   Eaves, Deborah J ^a   Cole, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CcmE; CcmG; Cytochrome c assembly; Cytochrome c maturation; Escherichia coli; Nitrite reduction

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

CARRIER PROTEIN; CCME PROTEIN, E COLI; CYTOCHROME C; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; HEME; HEME BINDING PROTEIN; HEME-BINDING PROTEIN; HEMOPROTEIN; NITRITE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL FRACTIONATION; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PLASMID;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HEME; HEMEPROTEINS; NITRITES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLASMIDS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

EID: 0032529951     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1998.tb13914.x     Document Type: Article

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