X-ray structure of a blue-copper nitrite reductase in two crystal forms. The nature of the copper sites, mode of substrate binding and recognition by redox partner

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 282, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 369-382

  Dodd, Fraser E ^a   Van Beeumen, Jos ^b   Eady, Robert R ^c   Hasnain, S Samar ^a  

^a DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b Lab Protein Biochem Protein Eng   (Belgium)

^c JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbonic anhydrase; Catalysis; Denitrification; Electron transfer; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

AZURIN; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE; COPPER; NITRITE REDUCTASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ALCALIGENES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032544483     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2007     Document Type: Article

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