Kinetic and mutational studies of three NifS homologs from Escherichia coli: Mechanistic difference between L-cysteine desulfurase and L- selenocysteine lyase reactions

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 559-567

  Mihara, Hisaaki ^a   Kurihara, Tatsuo ^a   Yoshimura, Tohru ^a   Esaki, Nobuyoshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cysteine desulfurase; NifS; Pyridoxal enzyme; Selenocysteine lyase; Transamination

Indexed keywords

CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; SELENIUM; SELENOCYSTEINE; SULFUR;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DESULFURIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICHAELIS MENTEN KINETICS; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034093325     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022641     Document Type: Article

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