Thermodynamic and kinetic analysis of the isolated FAD domain of rat neuronal nitric oxide synthase altered in the region of the FAD shielding residue Phe1395

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 271, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2548-2560

  Dunford, Adrian J ^a   Marshall, Ker R ^a   Munro, Andrew W ^a   Scrutton, Nigel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coenzyme specificity; Cytochrome P450 reductase; Electron transfer; Nitric oxide synthase; Redox potential

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CYTOCHROME P450 REDUCTASE; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHENYLALANINE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; SEMIQUINONE; SERINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ABSORPTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GEOMETRY; HYDROPHOBICITY; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; POTENTIOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEADY STATE; THERMODYNAMICS; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FLAVIN-ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RATS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 3042543913     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.2004.04185.x     Document Type: Article

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