FeMo cofactor biosynthesis in a nifE- mutant of Rhodobacter capsulatus

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 268, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1940-1952

  Siemann, Stefan ^a,b   Schneider, Klaus ^b   Behrens, Kai ^c   Knöchel, Arndt ^c   Klipp, Werner ^d   Muller A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetylene reduction; EPR spectroscopy; MoFe protein; Nitrogen fixation; Nitrogenase

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ETHANE; FEMO COFACTOR; MOLYBDIC ACID; NITROGENASE; PROTEIN MOFE; PROTEIN NIFE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REDUCTION; RHODOBACTER;

ACETYLENE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGENASE; MOLYBDOFERREDOXIN; NITROGEN FIXATION; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

EID: 0034850265     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2001.02063.x     Document Type: Article

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