Taming of a poison: Biosynthesis of the NiFE-hydrogenase cyanide ligands

Science

Volumn 299, Issue 5609, 2003, Pages 1067-1070

  Reissmann, Stefanie ^a   Hochleitner, Elisabeth ^b   Wang, Haofan ^c   Paschos, Athanasios ^a   Lottspeich, Friedrich ^b   Glass, Richard S ^c   Böck, August ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYANIDES; ENZYMES; ORGANOMETALLICS;

HYDROGENASE MATURATION PROTEINS;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CYANIDE; CYSTEINE; HYDROGENASE; IRON COMPLEX; NICKEL COMPLEX; POISON; PROTEIN; PROTEIN HYPE; PROTEIN HYPF; RECJ PROTEIN; THIOCARBAMIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMISTRY; CYANIDE; LIGAND;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBAMYL PHOSPHATE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CATALYSIS; CYANIDES; CYSTEINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HYDROGENASE; IRON; LIGANDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; THIOCYANATES;

EID: 0346890205     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1080972     Document Type: Article

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