Electron transfer and catalytic control by the iron-sulfur clusters in a respiratory enzyme, E. coli fumarate reductase

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 127, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 6977-6989

  Hudson, Janette M ^a   Heffron, Kerensa ^a   Kotlyar, Violetta ^b,c   Sher, Yelizaveta ^b,c   Maklashina, Elena ^b,c   Cecchini, Gary ^b,c   Armstrong, Fraser A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; ELECTRONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEINS; SULFUR;

ELECTRON FLOW; ELECTRON TRANSFER; INTRAMOLECULAR RELAY; PROTEIN FILMS;

ENZYMES;

FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; FUMARATE REDUCTASE; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; COVALENT BOND; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POTENTIOMETRY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVINS; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

EID: 18744363629     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja043404q     Document Type: Article

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