The membrane-bound [NiFe]-hydrogenase (Ech) from Methanosarcina barkeri: Unusual properties of the iron-sulphur clusters

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 269, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 6101-6111

  Kurkin, Sergei ^a   Meuer, Jörn ^b   Koch, Jürgen ^b   Hedderich, Reiner ^b   Albracht, Simon P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ech; Hydrogenase; Iron sulphur; pH dependence; Redox properties

Indexed keywords

HYDROGENASE; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; MAGNETISM; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; TITRIMETRY;

BINDING SITES; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTONS; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOSARCINA BARKERI;

EID: 18744408736     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03328.x     Document Type: Article

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