Characterization of hydrogenase II from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus and assessment of its role in sulfur reduction

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1864-1871

  Ma, Kesen ^a,d   Weiss, Robert ^b   Adams, Michael W W ^a,c  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; HYDROGENASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; SULFUR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CATALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; REDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FLAVIN-ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NAD; NADP; NICKEL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PROTONS; PYROCOCCUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SULFIDES; SULFUR;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FELIS CATUS; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS;

EID: 0034065733     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.7.1864-1871.2000     Document Type: Article

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