An unusual oxygen-sensitive, iron- and zinc-containing alcohol dehydrogenase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1163-1170

  Ma, Kesen ^a   Adams, Michael W W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; IRON; OXYGEN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; ZINC;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME METABOLISM; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STABILITY; FERMENTATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS;

PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS;

EID: 0032988361     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.4.1163-1170.1999     Document Type: Article

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