Characterization of the Escherichia coli CcmH protein reveals new insights into the redox pathway required for cytochrome c maturation

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 92-100

  Fabianek, R A ^a   Hofer, T ^a   Thony Meyer L ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CcmH; Cytochrome c maturation; Dithiol reduction pathway; Escherichia coli

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; CYTOCHROME C; HEME;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; MATURATION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL FRACTIONATION; CYSTEINE; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; POINT MUTATION; SERINE; TOLUENE;

EID: 0033032598     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050683     Document Type: Article

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