Degradation of heme in gram-negative bacteria: The product of the hemO gene of neisseriae is a heme oxygenase

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 23, 2000, Pages 6783-6790

  Zhu, W ^a   Wilks, A ^a   Stojiljkovic, I ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BILIVERDIN; CARBON MONOXIDE; CYTOCHROME P450 REDUCTASE; FERRIC ION; HEME; HEME OXYGENASE; HEMOPROTEIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEISSERIA CINEREA; NEISSERIA FLAVA; NEISSERIA KOCHII; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA POLYSACCHAREAE; NEISSERIA SUBFLAVA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HEME; HEME OXYGENASE (DECYCLIZING); HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NEISSERIA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA CINEREA; NEISSERIA FLAVA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE SUBSP. KOCHII; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA POLYSACCHAREA; NEISSERIA SUBFLAVA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034461244     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.23.6783-6790.2000     Document Type: Article

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