Biochemical characterization and solution structure of nitrous oxide reductase from Alcaligenes xylosoxidans (NCIMB 11015)

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 259, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 651-659

  Ferretti, Silvia ^a   Grossmann, J Günter ^b   Hasnain, S Samar ^b   Eady, Robert R ^a   Smith, Barry E ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcaligenes xylosoxidans; Nitrous oxide reductase; Solution structure; Synchrotron X ray scattering

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE REDUCTASE;

ALCALIGENES; ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALCALIGENES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COPPER; DIMERIZATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; KINETICS; METALLOPROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TEMPERATURE;

ACHROMOBACTER XYLOSOXIDANS; ALCALIGENES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033083840     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00082.x     Document Type: Article

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