Structure of cytochrome c nitrite reductase

Nature

Volumn 400, Issue 6743, 1999, Pages 476-480

  Einsle, Oliver ^a,c   Messerschmidt, Albrecht ^a   Stach, Petra ^c   Bourenkov, Gleb P ^b   Bartunik, Hans D ^b   Huber, Robert ^a   Kroneck, Peter M H ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK UNIT FOR STRUCTURAL MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROORGANISM PROTEIN; NITRITE REDUCTASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; GRAM-NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; HEME; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRITES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SULFUR-REDUCING BACTERIA;

EID: 0033615050     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/22802     Document Type: Article

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