Structural and kinetic studies of the pyruvate-ferredoxin oxidoreductase/ferredoxin complex from Desulfovibrio africanus

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 264, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 500-508

  Pieulle, Laetitia ^a   Charon, Marie Hélène ^b   Bianco, Pierre ^a   Bonicel, Jacques ^a   Pétillot, Yves ^c   Hatchikian, E Claude ^a,d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Lab de Cristal/de Cristallogenese   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Amino acid sequence; Desulfovibrio africanus; Kinetic studies; Pyruvate ferredoxin oxidoreductase ferredoxin complex; Three dimensional modeling

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; FERREDOXIN; PYRUVATE SYNTHASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DESULFOVIBRIO; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME STRUCTURE; KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MODEL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STOICHIOMETRY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBODIIMIDES; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DESULFOVIBRIO; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTROSTATICS; FERREDOXINS; KETONE OXIDOREDUCTASES; KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PYRUVATE SYNTHASE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOVIBRIO AFRICANUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033199239     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00648.x     Document Type: Article

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