Haem-ligand switching during catalysis in crystals of a nitrogen-cycle enzyme

Nature

Volumn 389, Issue 6649, 1997, Pages 406-412

  Williams, Pamela A ^a,e   Fülöp, Vilmos ^a,c   Carman, Elspeth F ^a   Saunders, Nell F W ^b   Ferguson, Stuart J ^b,c   Hajdu, Janos ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME REDUCTASE; HEME IRON; HEMOPROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME BINDING; LIGAND BINDING; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYTOCHROMES; HEME; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE REDUCTASES; NITRITES; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 1842412487     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/38775     Document Type: Article

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