Structural investigations of the Cu(A) centre of nitrous oxide reductase from Pseudomonas stutzeri by site-directed mutagenesis and X-ray absorption spectroscopy

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1368-1381

  Charnock, John M ^a   Dreusch, Andreas ^f   Körner, Heinz ^f   Neese, Frank ^f   Nelson, Jane ^b   Kannt, Aimo ^c   Michel, Hartmut ^c   Garner, C David ^e   Kroneck, Peter M H ^f   Zumft, Walter G ^d  

^a DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Bacterial respiration; Cu(A) ligands; EXAFS; Nitrous oxide reductase; Pseudomonas stutzeri

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE REDUCTASE; COPPER; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PRIMER DNA;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY SPECTROMETRY; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PSEUDOMONAS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECTROSCOPY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; COPPER; DNA PRIMERS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PSEUDOMONAS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033622166     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01131.x     Document Type: Article

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