Biochemical and molecular characterization of the [NiFe] hydrogenase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon, Thermococcus litoralis

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 266, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1158-1165

  Rákhely, Gábor ^a   Zhou, Zhi H ^b   Adams, Michael W W ^b   Kovács, Kornél L ^a,c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^d INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

NiFe hydrogenase; Hydrogen evolution; Hyperthermophilic; Nucleotide binding domains; Thermo coccus litoralis

Indexed keywords

BIOPTERIN; FERROUS ION; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; HYDROGENASE; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THERMOCOCCUS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENES, ARCHAEAL; HYDROGENASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; THERMOCOCCUS;

EID: 0033573148     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00969.x     Document Type: Article

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