Atomic resolution structures of native copper nitrite reductase from Alcaligenes xylosoxidans and the active site mutant Asp92Glu

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 328, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 429-438

  Ellis, Mark J ^a,b   Dodd, Fraser E ^b   Sawers, Gary ^c   Eady, Robert R ^c   Hasnain, S Samar ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcaligenes xylosoxidans; Copper nitrite reductase; Denitrification; Proton channel

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; GLUTAMIC ACID; MUTANT PROTEIN; NITRITE REDUCTASE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME;

ACHROMOBACTER XYLOSOXIDANS; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACHROMOBACTER XYLOSOXIDANS; ALCALIGENES;

EID: 0037466312     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00308-5     Document Type: Article

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