The hmuQ and hmuD genes from Bradyrhizobium japonicum encode heme-degrading enzymes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 6476-6482

  Puri, Sumant ^a   O'Brian, Mark R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIVERDIN; HEME; HEME OXYGENASE; IRON; ISDG MONOOXYGENASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOINFORMATICS; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM ULCERANS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HMUD GENE; HMUQ GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BILIVERDINE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HEME; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM ULCERANS; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33748768453     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00737-06     Document Type: Article

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