The isolation and characterization of cytochrome c nitrite reductase subunits (NrfA and NrfH) from Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ATCC 27774. Re-evaluation of the spectroscopic data and redox properties

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 270, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 3904-3915

  Almeida, Maria Gabriela ^a   Macieira, Sofia ^b   Gonçalves, Luisa L ^a   Huber, Robert ^b   Cunha, Carlos A ^a   Romão, Maria João ^a   Costa, Cristina ^a   Lampreia, Jorge ^a   Moura, José J G ^a   Moura, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

c type hemes; EPR; M ssbauer; Nitrite reductase subunits; Redox potentials

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CYTOCHROME C; HEME; IRON; LIGAND; NITRITE REDUCTASE; OLIGOMER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; DESULFOVIBRIO; ELECTRON; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOCHROMES A1; CYTOCHROMES C1; DESULFOVIBRIO; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HEME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATE REDUCTASES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOLUBILITY; SPECTROSCOPY, MOSSBAUER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOVIBRIO; DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS;

EID: 0141704108     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03772.x     Document Type: Article

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