A NapC/NirT-type cytochrome c (NrfH) is the mediator between the quinone pool and the cytochrome c nitrite reductase of Wolinella succinogenes

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 686-696

  Simon, Jörg ^a   Gross, Roland ^a   Einsle, Oliver ^b,c   Kroneck, Peter M H ^c   Kröger, Achim ^a   Klimmek, Oliver ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,4 BENZOQUINONE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BENZYLVIOLOGEN; CYTOCHROME C; FORMATE DEHYDROGENASE; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL GENE; WOLINELLA SUCCINOGENES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; CYTOCHROMES A1; CYTOCHROMES C1; GENE DELETION; LIPOSOMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; NITRATE REDUCTASES; NITRITES; QUINONES; WOLINELLA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SULFUROSPIRILLUM DELEYIANUM; WOLINELLA SUCCINOGENES;

EID: 0033951291     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01742.x     Document Type: Article

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