Cytochrome P460 of Nitrosomonas europaea: Formation of the heme-lysine cross-link in a heterologous host and mutagenic conversion to a non-cross-linked cytochrome c′

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 270, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1935-1941

  Bergmann, David J ^a   Hooper, Alan B ^b  

^a BLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytochrome c ; Cytochrome P460; Hydroxylamine; Nitric oxide; Nitrosomonas

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYTOCHROME; CYTOCHROME C; CYTOCHROME P460; HEME DERIVATIVE; LYSINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; LIGAND BINDING; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROSOMONAS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; CYTOCHROMES; HEME; MUTATION; NITROSOMONAS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0038030009     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03550.x     Document Type: Article

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