Role of XDHC in molybdenum cofactor insertion into xanthine dehydrogenase of Rhodobacter capsulatus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2745-2751

  Leimkühler, Silke ^a,b   Klipp, Werner ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; MOLYBDOPTERIN; PTERIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHINE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0038111127     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.9.2745-2751.1999     Document Type: Article

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