Studies on the heme and H2-uptake reaction from Azotobacter vinelandii bacterial ferritin

Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 87-93

  Huang, He Qing ^a   Lin, Qing Mei ^a   Zhang, Feng Zhang ^a   Chen, Can He ^b   Chen, Xiang ^a   Chen, Zhong ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Activity of nitrogen fixation; Azotobacter vinelandii; Bacterial ferritin; Electrode activity; Electron tunnel heme Co2+; Iron release; Role of H2 uptake

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; HYDROGEN; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLATINUM; REDUCTION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ELECTRODE ACTIVITY; FERRITIN;

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS;

FERRITIN; HEME; HYDROGEN; IRON; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; IRON KINETICS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; REDUCTION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FERRITINS; HEME; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; KINETICS; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

EID: 0032587352     PISSN: 03024598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0302-4598(98)00215-3     Document Type: Article

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