Differential effects of a molybdopterin synthase sulfurylase (moeB) mutation on Escherichia coli molybdoenzyme maturation

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 435-443

  Sambasivarao, Damaraju ^a   Turner, Raymond J ^a   Bilous, Peter T ^a   Rothery, Richard A ^a   Shaw, Gillian ^a   Weiner, Joel H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

DMSO reductase; Mdybdenum cofactor; Nitrate reductase

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; MOLYBDENUM; PROTEINS;

MUTATIONS;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

ALANINE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE REDUCTASE; ENZYME; MOLYBDENUM; MOLYBDENUM ENZYME; MOLYBDOPTERIN SYNTHASE SULFURYLASE; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; PROTEIN; SULFATE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE BINDING; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 0036436135     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/o02-131     Document Type: Article

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