The active site of the plant alternative oxidase: Structural and mechanistic considerations

Pest Management Science

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-38

  Affourtit, Charles ^a   Albury, Mary S ^a   Whitehouse, David G ^a   Moore, Anthony L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active site; Di iron centre; Molecular modelling; Plant alternative oxidase; Reaction mechanism; Site directed mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR MODEL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034049080     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1526-4998(200001)56:1<31::AID-PS81>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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