Intraprotein electron transfer in a two-domain construct of neuronal nitric oxide synthase: The output state in nitric oxide formation

Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 6354-6362

  Feng, Changjian ^a   Tollin, Gordon ^b   Holliday, Michael A ^c   Thomas, Clayton ^c   Salerno, John C ^d   Enemark, John H ^e   Ghosh, Dipak K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ENZYME KINETICS; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHOTOLYSIS;

FLAVIN ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (FAD); INTRAPROTEIN ELECTRON TRANSFER (IET); NITRIC OXIDE (NO) SYNTHESIS;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

CALMODULIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FERROUS ION; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; ZINC ION;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LASER; LASER FLASH PHOTOLYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BENZOQUINONES; CALMODULIN; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FLAVIN MONONUCLEOTIDE; HEME; HEME OXYGENASE (DECYCLIZING); KINETICS; LASERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RATS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RIBOFLAVIN;

EID: 33646858996     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi060223n     Document Type: Article

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