A reappraisal of the mechanism of the photoenzyme protochlorophyllide reductase based on studies with the heterologously expressed protein

FEBS Letters

Volumn 422, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-22

  Townley, Helen E ^a   Griffiths, W Trevor ^a   Nugent, Jonathan P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flavoenzyme; Photoenzyme mechanism; Protochlorophyllide reductase; Radical intermediate

Indexed keywords

FLAVOPROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTOCHLOROPHYLLIDE;

ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

CATALYSIS; CYANOBACTERIA; DITHIONITE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVOPROTEINS; LIGHT; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-CH GROUP DONORS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

EID: 0032559418     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(97)01589-5     Document Type: Article

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