Gene cloning, purification, and characterization of two cyanobacterial NifS homologs driving iron-sulfur cluster formation

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2412-2419

  Kato, Shin Ichiro ^a   Mihara, Hisaaki ^a   Kurihara, Tatsuo ^a   Yoshimura, Tohru ^a   Esaki, Nobuyoshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyanobacterium; Cysteine desulfurase; Iron sulfur cluster; NifS

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; LYASE; NIFS PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; CATALYSIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYANOBACTERIA; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; LYASES;

EID: 0034330209     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.64.2412     Document Type: Article

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