Molecular and biochemical characterization of two tungsten-and selenium-containing formate dehydrogenases from Eubacterium acidaminophilum that are associated with components of an iron-only hydrogenase

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 116-130

  Graentzdoerffer, Andrea ^a   Rauh, David ^a   Pich, Andreas ^a,b   Andreesen, Jan R ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eubacterium acidaminophilum; Formate dehydrogenase isoenzymes; Formate hydrogen lyase; Iron only hydrogenase; Selenocysteine; Tungsten

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; FORMATE DEHYDROGENASE; HYDROGENASE; IRON DERIVATIVE; PTERIN DERIVATIVE; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; SELENOCYSTEINE; TUNGSTEN DERIVATIVE; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING AFFINITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUBACTERIUM; EUBACTERIUM ACIDAMINOPHILUM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STOP CODON;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUBACTERIUM ACIDAMINOPHILUM; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0037286346     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-002-0508-1     Document Type: Article

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