Complex II from phototrophic purple bacterium Rhodoferax fermentans displays rhodoquinol-fumarate reductase activity

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 270, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1863-1874

  Miyadera, Hiroko ^a,g   Hiraishi, Akira ^b   Miyoshi, Hideto ^c   Sakamoto, Kimitoshi ^c   Mineki, Reiko ^d   Murayama, Kimie ^d   Nagashima, Kenji V P ^e   Matsuura, Katsumi ^e   Kojima, Somei ^f   Kita, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^g MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complex II; Quinol fumarate reductase; Rhodoferax fermentans; Rhodoquinone; Succinate ubiquinone reductase

Indexed keywords

FUMARATE REDUCTASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; EUKARYOTE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PHYLOGENY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; RHODOFERAX FERMENTANS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CELL MEMBRANE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, DEAE-CELLULOSE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX II; KINETICS; LIGHT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PHOTOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; RHODOFERAX; RHODOFERAX FERMENTANS;

EID: 0037623479     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03553.x     Document Type: Article

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