Single-Crystal EPR Study at 95 GHz of the Type 2 Copper Site of the Inhibitor-Bound Quercetin 2,3-Dioxygenase

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 4047-4054

  Fittipaldi, Maria ^a   Steiner, Roberto A ^b,d   Matsushita, Michio ^c   Dijkstra, Bauke W ^b   Groenen, Edgar J J ^a   Huber, Martina ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DIETHYLDITHIOCARBAMIC ACID; FUNGAL ENZYME; HISTIDINE; NITROGEN; OXYGENASE; QUERCETIN 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS JAPONICUS; ATOM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME BINDING; NONHUMAN; SPECTROMETER; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS JAPONICUS;

EID: 0344118900     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74818-8     Document Type: Article

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