The hyperthermophilic bacterium, Thermotoga maritima, contains an unusually complex iron-hydrogenase: Amino acid sequence analyses versus biochemical characterization

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics

Volumn 1412, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 212-229

  Verhagen, Marc F J M ^a   O'Rourke, Thomas ^a   Adams, Michael W W ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrogenase; Hyperthermophile; Thermotoga maritima

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBOHYDRATE; FLAVOPROTEIN; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE; IRON; PARAQUAT; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; SULFUR; UREA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; FERMENTATION; GENE CLUSTER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HYDROGENASE; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 0032799575     PISSN: 00052728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-2728(99)00062-6     Document Type: Article

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