Purification and molecular characterization of the tungsten-containing formaldehyde ferredoxin oxidoreductase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus: The third of a putative five-member tungstoenzyme family

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1171-1180

  Roy, Roopali ^a   Mukund, Swarnalatha ^a   Schut, Gerrit J ^a   Dunn, Dianne M ^b   Weiss, Robert ^b   Adams, Michael W W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE FERREDOXIN OXIDOREDUCTASE; FORMALDEHYDE FERREDOXIN OXIDOREDUCTASE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE FERREDOXIN OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; TUNGSTEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE SEQUENCE; GROWTH REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS;

PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS;

EID: 0033028106     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.4.1171-1180.1999     Document Type: Article

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