The sulphur oxygenase reductase from Acidianus ambivalens is a multimeric protein containing a low-potential mononuclear non-haem iron centre

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 381, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 137-146

  Urich, Tim ^a   Bandeiras, Tiago M ^b   Leal, Sónia S ^b   Rachel, Reinhard ^c   Albrecht, Till ^a   Zimmermann, Peter ^a   Scholz, Corinna ^a   Teixeira, Miguel ^b   Gomes, Cláudio M ^b,d   Kletzin, Arnulf ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^c Dept Microbiol and Archaeenzentrum ^*  (Germany)

^d UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR); Hyperthermophilic archaea; Quaternary structure; Reversible denaturation; Sulphur oxidation

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IRON; PROTEINS; STOICHIOMETRY; WATER;

MULTIMERIC PROTEINS; SULFUR-OXIDATION PATHWAYS;

SULFUR;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBOXYLIC ACID; DIMER; DITHIONITE; FERRIC ION; HISTIDINE; HOLOENZYME; IRON; LIGAND; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SULFUR; SULFUR OXYGENASE REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ACIDIANUS AMBIVALENS; ARTICLE; ATOM; CELL INCLUSION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLOR; CRENARCHAEOTA; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENERGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REDUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOLUBILITY; SOR GENE; SPECTROSCOPY; STOICHIOMETRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; WILD TYPE;

ACIDIANUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DIMERIZATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HEME; IRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON SULFUR GROUP DONORS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SULFUR;

ACIDIANUS; ACIDIANUS AMBIVALENS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRENARCHAEOTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 3142776185     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20040003     Document Type: Article

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