Enzymatic Assimilation of Cyanide via Pterin-Dependent Oxygenolytic Cleavage to Ammonia and Formate in Pseudomonas fluorescens NCIMB 11764

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 121-128

  Fernandez, Ruby F ^a   Dolghih, Elena ^a   Kunz, Daniel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYANIDES; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROLYSIS; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; REDUCTION; STOICHIOMETRY;

OXYGENATIVE MECHANISMS;

ENZYME KINETICS;

6 ERYTHRO (1,2 DIHYDROXYPROPYL) 5,6,7,8 TETRAHYDROPTERIN; 6 METHYLTETRAHYDROPTERIN; 6 THREO (1,2,3 TRIHYDROXYPROPYL) 5,6,7,8 TETRAHYDROPTERIN; 7,8 DIHYDRONEOPTERIN; AMMONIA; BIOPTERIN; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYANIDE; CYANIDE OXYGENASE; FORMATE DEHYDROGENASE; FORMIC ACID; MONAPTERIN; NEOPTERIN; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; OXYGENASE; PTERIN; PTERIN DEPENDENT HYDROXYLASE; PTERIN DERIVATIVE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION KINETICS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS NCIMB 11764; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; STOICHIOMETRY;

AMMONIA; CULTURE MEDIA; CYANIDES; FORMATE DEHYDROGENASES; FORMATES; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PTERINS;

NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 0347130875     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.1.121-128.2004     Document Type: Article

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