Activity of the molybdopterin-containing xanthine dehydrogenase of Rhodobacter capsulatus can be restored by high molybdenum concentrations in a moeA mutant defective in molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 5930-5939

  Leimkühler, Silke ^a,c   Angermüller, Sieglinde ^a   Schwarz, GÜnter ^b   Mendel, Ralf R ^b   Klipp, Werner ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DINUCLEOTIDE; DNA; MOLYBDENUM; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN; PTERIN DERIVATIVE; XANTHINE; XANTHINE DEHYDROGENASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYPSOPHRYS NICARAGUENSIS; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0037608655     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.19.5930-5939.1999     Document Type: Article

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