Comparison of the sequences of the Aspergillus nidulans hxB and Drosophila melanogaster ma-I genes with nifS from Azotobacter vinelandii suggests a mechanism for the insertion of the terminal sulphur atom in the molybdopterin cofactor

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 114-125

  Amrani, Laïla ^a,c   Primus, Jann ^b,c   Glatigny, Annie ^a,d   Arcangeli, Loretta ^b   Scazzocchio, Claudio ^a   Finnerty, Victoria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; METALLOPROTEIN; MOLYBDOPTERIN; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITROGENASE; OXYGEN; PROTEIN HXB; PROTEIN MA I; PROTEIN NIFS; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; SULFITE OXIDASE; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; CHROMOSOME 18Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COENZYMES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, FUNGAL; METALLOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PTERIDINES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SULFUR;

EID: 0033809939     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.02119.x     Document Type: Article

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