Bacterial cyanide oxygenase is a suite of enzymes catalyzing the scavenging and adventitious utilization of cyanide as a nitrogenous growth substrate

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 6396-6402

  Fernandez, Ruby F ^a,b   Kunz, Daniel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CHAPERONE; CYANIDE; CYANIDE DIHYDRATASE; CYANIDE OXYGENASE; ELONGATION FACTOR; FLAVOPROTEIN; FORMIC ACID; NITROGEN; OLIGOMER; PEROXIDE; PROTEIN CYND; PROTEIN NOX; PROTEIN NPX; PROTEIN TU; PTERIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; SCAVENGER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CATALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

CYANIDES; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 24944573053     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.18.6396-6402.2005     Document Type: Article

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