p-cresol methylhydroxylase: Alteration of the structure of the flavoprotein subunit upon its binding to the cytochrome subunit

Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2963-2973

  Cunane, Louise M ^a   Chen, Zhi Wei ^a   McIntire, William S ^b,c   Mathews, F Scott ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CATALYSIS; CONFORMATIONS; ENZYMES; PHENOLS;

CYTOCHROMES; FLAVOPROTEINS; P-CRESOL; REDOX PROPERTIES;

ENZYME KINETICS;

4 CRESOL METHYLHYDROXYLASE; CYTOCHROME; CYTOCHROME C; FLAVOPROTEIN; PARA CRESOL; QUERCETIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; COVALENT BOND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYTOCHROMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN BONDING; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 14344256284     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi048020r     Document Type: Article

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