Structure, Mechanism and Physiological Roles of Bacterial Cytochrome c Peroxidases

Advances in Microbial Physiology

Volumn 52, Issue , 2006, Pages 73-106

  Atack, John M ^a   Kelly, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; CYTOCHROME C PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; THIOREDOXIN;

CATALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; CYTOCHROME-C PEROXIDASE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33749247782     PISSN: 00652911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2911(06)52002-8     Document Type: Review

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