Monomeric NarB is a dual-affinity nitrate reductase, and its activity is regulated differently from that of nitrate uptake in the unicellular diazotrophic cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain RF-1

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 5838-5846

  Wang, Tung Hei ^a   Fu, Hongyong ^b   Shieh, Yuh Jang ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND MICROBIAL BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; MONOMER; NITIRITE; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; PARAQUAT; PROTEIN NARB; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; RECOMBINANT NITRATE REDUCTASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN NARB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL GROWTH; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIAZOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MODIFICATION; ENZYME REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INHIBITION KINETICS; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; NARB GENE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REACTION OPTIMIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNECHOCOCCUS STRAIN RF1; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOSTABILITY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYANOBACTERIA; DIMERIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE REDUCTASES; NITRATES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOTHECE SP. PCC 8801; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. PCC 6301;

EID: 0141838911     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.19.5838-5846.2003     Document Type: Article

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