Oxygen control of nif gene expression in Klebsiella pneumoniae depends on NifL reduction at the cytoplasmic membrane by electrons derived from the reduced quinone pool

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 270, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1555-1566

  Grabbe, Roman ^a   Schmitz, Ruth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

FNR; Klebsiella pneumoniae; NifL; Nitrogen fixation; Quinol quinone ratio

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL NAPHTHOQUINOL; FLAVOPROTEIN; FORMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCEROL; MENADIOL; NITRATE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PROTEIN NIFL; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NULL ALLELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REDUCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX I; ELECTRONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVIN-ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; FORMATE DEHYDROGENASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NAD; NADH DEHYDROGENASE; NADH, NADPH OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; QUINONES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037392283     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03520.x     Document Type: Article

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