Transcription factor NNR from Paracoccus denitrificans is a sensor of both nitric oxide and oxygen: Isolation of nnr* alleles encoding effector-independent proteins and evidence for a haem-based sensing mechanism

Microbiology

Volumn 152, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1461-1470

  Lee, Yi Ying ^a   Shearer, Neil ^a,c   Spiro, Stephen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; MONOMER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE REDUCTASE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; OXYGEN; POLYPEPTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOSENSOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; COENZYMES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, REPORTER; HEME; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS;

EID: 33646765404     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.28796-0     Document Type: Article

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