The multicopper oxidase of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a ferroxidase with a central role in iron acquisition

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1741-1750

  Huston, Wilhelmina M ^a   Jennings, Michael P ^a   McEwan, Alastair G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERULOPLASMIN; IRON; MULTICOPPER OXIDASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; WILD TYPE;

AEROBIOSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CERULOPLASMIN; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0036032176     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.03132.x     Document Type: Article

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