GTP Cyclohydrolase I: Purification, Characterization, and Effects of Inhibition on Nitric Oxide Synthase in Nocardia Species

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 7507-7513

  He, Aimin ^a   Rosazza, John P N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GELS; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN OXIDES;

GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE (NOS); REDUCING COFACTORS;

ENZYME INHIBITION;

2 DIETHYLAMINOETHANOL; 2,4 DIAMINO 6 HYDROXYPYRIMIDINE; AGAROSE; AMMONIUM SULFATE; CALCIUM; COPPER; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CYCLOHYDROLASE I; MAGNESIUM; MERCURY; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; POTASSIUM; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; SEPHAROSE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; 2,4 DIAMINOHYPOXANTHINE; 2,4-DIAMINOHYPOXANTHINE; 5,6,7,8-TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; BIOPTERIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; HYPOXANTHINE DERIVATIVE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ALKALINITY; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FRACTIONATION; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEL FILTRATION; MICHAELIS MENTEN KINETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NOCARDIA; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSTABILITY; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HOMO; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA SP.; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

BIOPTERIN; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GTP CYCLOHYDROLASE; HYPOXANTHINES; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NOCARDIA;

EID: 2142693753     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.12.7507-7513.2003     Document Type: Article

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